Spain cruised to an easy 5-1 away win over Austria in a game that was over as a contest after just 26 minutes this Wednesday night.

26 minutes was all that it needed for the European Champions to overturn Jantschner's seventh minute opening goal for the Austrians.

His shot from the edge of the penalty area was deflected past Iker Casillas to give the home side the lead.

The pre-match warm up had focused on how the Spanish were returning to the scene of their greatest footballing triumph.

The Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna was where Spain was crowned as European Champion in the summer of 2008 and Vicente Del Bosque's team soon responded.

Cesc Fabrigas levelled the score with a smart finish from David Silva's pass after just 10 minutes, before David Villa put Spain ahead ten minutes later.

The Valencia forward reacted quickly to get on the end of a through ball from Andres Iniesta.

Austria was reduced to 10 men after 26 minutes after Pehlivan was sent off for a late challenge on Sergio Busquets and from that moment it was merely a question of how many goals Spain would score.

Villa added his second of the night on the point of half time before substitutes Dani Guiza and Pablo Hernandez added two more goals after the break.