There were so many goals that even the scoreboard lost count. At one end of the Reino de Leon stadium, it said 7-0; at the other, it said eight. The latter was right; the former had slipped behind after the sixth.

Spain’s first game under new manager Julen Lopetegui ended with an impressive friendly victory over Belgium that left their own debut-making coach Roberto Martínez admitting: “they were far superior”. Their second game, and their first competitive match, came three days later – and ended with a hammering. “Festival”, AS called it. 8-0. And 28-1 in shots.

It was only Liechtenstein, sure, but there were reasons to be cheerful.