WATCH: Spain 6-1 Argentina - Match highlights as Isco nets hat-trick
Tuesday 27 March 2018 23:11, UK
Isco scored a hat-trick as Spain romped to a 6-1 victory over Argentina in Madrid, where Lionel Messi again watched from the stands.
And you can see highlights of the remarkable game in the video at the top of this page.
Diego Costa fired Spain in front after 13 minutes when he latched onto a through ball from Marco Asensio before drilling the ball past Sergio Romero.
Spain doubled their lead after 27 minutes. Substitute Willy Caballero's stray goal-kick was intercepted before being quickly fed down the right to Asensio, whose cutback across the penalty area picked out Isco for a cool side-foot finish.
Argentina reduced the deficit in the 39th minute when Nicolas Otamendi's header from a corner bounced past David De Gea and inside the far post.
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The third came when a ball over the top from Andres Iniesta sent Iago Aspas away down the middle and he slid a pass back to Isco, who rolled in his second.
Spain soon added a fourth through Thiago Alcantara and Aspas then slotted in another in the 74th minute following a long kick upfield by goalkeeper De Gea and some comedic Argentina defending.
Under a minute later, Isco made sure of the match ball and a night to forget for Argentina when scoring a sixth from Aspas' square pass.
See the best of the action in our highlights package at the top of the page.