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Spain 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0: Debutant Mendez spares Morata's blushes

Spain scraped past Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 in Sunday's friendly in Gran Canaria, substitute Brais Mendez with the decisive goal.

Debutant Brais Mendez got Spain back to winning ways with a late strike in an unconvincing 1-0 friendly victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Gran Canaria.

Celta Vigo midfielder Mendez came off the bench in the second half and needed just 19 minutes to find the back of the net on Sunday, his strike coming after Ibrahim Sehic could only parry Isco's low drive.

Spain's margin of victory should have been wider but Alvaro Morata's toils for La Roja continued as he skewed wide prior to Mendez's winning goal.