David Villa made up for his first-half penalty miss by slotting the winner as the new European champions kicked off their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Murcia last night.

With the home side enjoying the lion's share of possession, but with Torres sidelined with injury, the home side missed a hatful of chances until the 58th minute when Fabregas put through the Euro 2008 top-scorer, who found the net from an apparently impossibly tight angle, albeit from a seemingly offside position.

Elsewhere in Group 5, there were also wins for Belgium, who beat Estonia 3-2, and for Turkey, who notched a 0-2 away win against Spain's next opponents, Armenia.

At the Montjuic Olympic stadium in Barcelona, meanwhile, a brace of second-half Joe Cole goals were all Fabio Capello's England could muster against Group 6 whipping boys, Andorra. They next travel to Zagreb to face Croatia - the side ultimately responsible for scuppering Steve McLaren's Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.