Spain look to take another step towards Euro qualification in Macedonia

The Spanish national team have one main aim when they face Macedonia in their European Championship qualifier on Tuesday evening and that is to score goals.

Although the Spanish moved to the top of the qualifying group with a convincing 2-0 win over Slovakia on Saturday in one of their best performances in over a year, coach Vicente del Bosque was annoyed that his players were not able to turn the 75 percent possession they enjoyed in the match into move goals or shots on target.

He will probably keep faith with Diego Costa in attack, even though Costa has now gone for over 500 minutes in the national shirt without scoring a goal.

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has been in the headlines as well for Spain after the central defender was booed by a sector of the crowd on Saturday night and then insulted later the same night after visiting a night-club with several of his team-mates.

Del Bosque has constantly defended Pique, calling the boos on Saturday 'lamentable', and then insisting that Pique and other players had been given permission to go out after the game.

Pique will almost certainly play alongside Sergio Ramos in Macedonia and it is unlikely Del Bosque will risk undoing his side's good work on Saturday by making too many changes.

Maybe Santi Cazorla could get a chance in midfield, while Dani Carvajal has a chance of starting on the right, but with qualification now within touching distance, expect Spain to keep the ball and carve out chances, only this time Del Bosque will be looking for his players to finish them off. Endi