Arsenal target Alvaro Morata nets brace for Spain as Hector Bellerin adds assist in 6-1 win over South Korea
Arsenal target Alvaro Morata and Nolito each scored twice in Spain’s 6-1 rout of South Korea in a pre-Euro 2016 friendly.
Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas and David Silva were the other players on the scoresheet for the defending champions, who had two more goals disallowed for offside.
Morata, who has said he hopes to have his future resolved before Spain’s first match of Euro 2016 against the Czech Republic on Monday June 13, put doubt over his next club to one side in an impressive display that suggests he could be the right choice to replace Diego Costa, who Vicente del Bosque left out of the squad.
South Korea had the first chance of the match but Tottenham’s Heung-min Son blazed wide when one-on-one with Iker Casillas.
Andres Iniesta had his 20-meter effort saved by keeper Jin-hyeon Kim, who also blocked a low diagonal shot by Hector Bellerin, the Arsenal youngster playing his second full international and first since his call-up to the Euro 2016 squad.
Silva broke the deadlock with a stunning free kick in the 30th, and Fabregas doubled the lead just two minutes later after Kim failed to catch the ball in what appeared to be a harmless situation. Nolito made it 3-0 in the 38th after wrong-footing the defence with a disguised move and directing the ball through Kim's legs.
Morata scored from a corner taken by Thiago early in the second half, heading in just before Kim could punch the ball away. Nolito's second put Spain 5-0 up after 54 minutes, with Bellerin providing the assist.
South Korea midfielder Se-jong Ju sent a deflected shot in the 83rd past debutant goalkeeper Sergio Rico, who replaced Casillas in the second half, before Morata netted again in the final minutes.
The game was played in Austria, where both teams were having a training camp.
Spain play Georgia in Getafe on Tuesday in its final friendly before traveling to the tournament in France, where they are in Group D with Czech Republic, Turkey and Croatia.
Arsenal target Morata nets brace for Spain in 6-1 win over South KoreaAlvaro MorataSpain football teamHector BellerinArsenal