Slovakia v Spain player ratings: Martin Dubravka 4, Ondrej Duda 5; Sergio Busquets 8, Aymeric Laporte 7

A thumping win for Spain secures spot in the last 16

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  SLOVAKIA PLAYER RATINGS: Martin Dubravka : 4 - In 18 minutes, went from hero to zero. He denied Morata from the spot with a good save but soon after, the ball was in his net through a bizarre own goal. He made a mistake for the second too, capping off a nightmare day for the goalkeeper. AP

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  Peter Pekarik: 4 - The 34-year-old struggled to contain Alba on his side, failing to close the left-back for the cross resulting in the third goal. He was ran ragged during the game. AFP

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  Lubomir Satka: 4 - The centre-back had a difficult time. He gave away the ball for the Spain opener and never looked assured. Reuters

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  Milan Skriniar: 5 - The Inter Milan defender looked one of the more assured players in an under pressure backline but he still struggled. Dominant in the air but couldn’t command his backline well enough. Reuters

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  Tomas Hubocan: 6 - Had a better time of it compared to his other defensive partners. The fullback had little pressure from Sarabia and Azpilicueta down his flank and offered some offensive ability going forward. AP

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  Juraj Kucka: 5 - Kucka was everywhere for Slovakia, picking up spaces but fouling way too often and scoring an own goal in the second half. AP

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  Jakub Hromada: 5 - The midfielder was at fault for giving away the penalty, going through Koke in an attempt to clear the ball. He was then subbed early in the second half. EPA

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  Lukas Haraslin: 6 - The 25-year-old offered width for his side before being subbed off half way through the second half. AP

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  Marek Hamsik: 6 - Had a quiet game going forward but showed glimpses of quality at times. He picked up spaces across the midfield in one of the few positive performances. Reuters

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  Robert Mak: 5 - The 30-year-old rarely offered anything going forward, often finding himself way too deep to be able to relieve possession up the pitch. Reuters

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  Ondrej Duda: 5 - The striker got little service, his one big chance was put wide but was flagged offside. He couldn’t offer his side an outlet when they cleared the ball to allow themselves a break from defending. Reuters

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  SUBS: Stanislav Lobotka (For Hromada 46’): 6 - The midfielder came on with the hope of changing the dynamic of the game but failed to do so. He was rarely involved but his passing was neat. Getty Images

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  Michal Duris (For Duda 46’): 5 - The 33-year-old striker was another who came on in the hope of spinning the game on its head. Duris saw little of the ball, with sporadic touches outside the box. AFP

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  Vladimir Weiss (For Mak 69’): 6 - Weiss was unable to get on the ball much in the final third to influence the game but played some neat passes when on the ball. Reuters

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  Tomas Suslov (For Haraslin 69’): 6 - The 19-year-old saw very little of the ball after coming off the bench. Reuters

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  Laszlo Benes (For Hamsik 90’): N/R - Benes made a late introduction for Hamsik as Slovakia looked to reduce the damage any further late on. Reuters

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  SPAIN RATINGS: Unai Simon: 6 - Nothing to do in second half and only one save in the first. An easy evening in the heat. AP

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  Cesar Azpilicueta: 7 - No problem in defence for Chelsea’s captain. Supported Sarabia in attack as Spain’s 50th all-time victory in a major tournament. AFP

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  Eric Garcia: 7 - Easy job for the 20-year-old who has just signed for Barcelona from Manchester City. Tiki taka from the back. AP

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  Aymeric Laporte: 7 - Scored his first goal for his new country and looked delighted. Happy as a central defender alongside his former City teammates Garcia in a 4-3-3 formation. He’ll face much tougher tests. Reuters

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  Jordi Alba: 7 - Similar to Azpilicueta, only with more intensity as he became like another attacker. Made two assists and full of energy as ever as Spain ended top of a group which has caused them so much angst. Booked. Reuters

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  Sergio Busquets: 8 - Back after his covid nightmare and controlled the game, giving balance in the heat and winning the man of the match award. He’s not the player he was but his experience is likely to be key in knock-out stages. Booked.

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  Koke: 7 - Untroubled. Recovered the ball when needed, passed forward and made sure that he channelled what Van der Vaart said about Spain being ‘horrible’ to watch in the right way. They were anything but in steaming Seville. EPA

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  Pedri: 7 - Works hard for the team and always available to take a pass. One dive in the second half but he’s established himself in the Spanish national side only a year after he’d yet to establish himself for second tier Las Palmas. Reuters

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  Pablo Sarabia: 8 - Only his second start for Spain and his first in a major tournament. Scored as Spain netted five in a Euros game for the first time. The PSG player was effective in one on ones trying and always tried to get the breakthrough his team had struggled to get in their opening two games. Got the second goal – which finally relaxed his team. Reuters

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  Alvaro Morata: 6 - Failed to score penalty and can feel cursed. Tried and had four efforts on target and three off, but with no luck, but Spain still scored five in 41 minutes, even if two of them were own goals. Reuters

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  Gerard Moreno: 7 - Played on the left and combined well with Alba. Defended well when team lost ball. Assisted Laporte’s goal. No Spain player has been as involved in as many goals (5) and assists (5) since the Villarreal man made his debut in October 2019. Reuters

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  SUBS: Ferran Torres: 7 - On for Morata after and scored with his first touch 44 seconds later. It was the fastest goal by a substitute in the Euros since Juan Carlos Valeron, another Spanish player, in 2004. EPA

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  Pau Torres 6. On for Eric Garcia after 71. Thought he’d scored but the goal was given as another own goal. Getty

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  Thiago Alcantara: 6 - On for Busquets after 71. Played it easy, like he does. AFP

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  Mikel Oyarzabal: N/A - On for Azpilicueta on 77. Tried to beat his men as Spain didn’t relent. AFP

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  Adama Traore: N/A - On for Moreno after 77 minutes.

Spain finally found their groove at Euro 2020 after thrashing Slovakia 5-0 on Wednesday to book a place in the knockout stages.

A bizarre own goal by Slovakia goalkeeper Martin Dubravka set Spain on their way on the half hour mark, before defender Aymeric Laporte doubled the lead in first half injury time.

After Pablo Sarabia made it 3-0 11 minutes after the break, substitute Ferran Torres got his name on the scoresheet midway through the second half. Juraj Kucka then scored Slovakia's second own goal four minutes later to complete the rout for Spain.

Facing a match they needed to win to be guaranteed progress from Group E, following uninspiring draws against Sweden and Poland, Spain duly delivered at Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville.

Assessing the performances of the players, Andy Mitten has provided his ratings for the Spain side, while Luke Thrower offers his thoughts on Slovakia in the photo gallery above.

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