Pique jeered by fans during Spain win

2017/10/06

Spain have won their past seven World Cup qualifying games
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was jeered by fans as Spain qualified for next summer's World Cup with a comfortable 3-0 home win over Albania.

Pique said before the game he would not be driven out of the national team by fans opposed to his public support for the Catalonia independence referendum.

Jeers rang out from Spain fans each time the 30-year-old touched the ball in Alicante.

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Goals by Rodrigo, Isco and Thiago sent Spain through with one match to spare.

Pique, 30, will miss Monday's final game in Israel (19:45 BST) through suspension, after picking up a second-half booking for pulling back Armando Sadiku.

Manchester City midfielder David Silva also picked up his second yellow card of the qualifying campaign, ruling him out of the Jerusalem tie.

Group G winners Spain are five points ahead of Italy, who were surprisingly held to a 1-1 home draw by Macedonia.