Due to the unfortunate cancellation of the 2026 _Finalissima_ against Argentina, Spain played a friendly against Serbia at _La Cerámica_, the home of Villarreal, and won 3-0 in dominant fashion with six Barcelona stars playing a part on the night.
Luis de la Fuente started Pau Cubarsí, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Fermín López and brought Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo off the bench in the second half, and all six _Blaugrana_ players had a pretty good night. Cubarsí, Fermín and Ferran each recorded an assist as Mikel Oyarzabal scored twice and Víctor Muñoz found the net in the final period.
The best piece of news from a Barça perspective was that De La Fuente didn’t overextend his players: Pedri and Fermín both came off at halftime, Yamal played only an hour, and only Cubarsí went close to the distance as he was substituted with 10 minutes to go.
Spain could have easily scored five or six on the night and Olmo missed two big chances in the second half, and _La Roja_ put on another excellent show to send the home crowd happy. Their next friendly is against Egypt at _Cornellá_ on Tuesday, and goalkeeper Joan Garcia will be hoping to make the squad for that one.
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