Spain finally got their break through since their shocking exit from the world cup in brazil.

Spain took the first steps on the road to recovery from their 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ collapse with a thumping 5-1 win over Macedonia in Valencia. The 2010 world champions were dethroned in such ignominious fashion in Brazil, crashing out in the group stage, but were far too powerful for their opponents in their first competitive fixture since returning from South America.

Vicente del Bosque's side were on the receiving end of a 5-1 scoreline against Holland in their opening World Cup game and one of the villains that night, centre-back Sergio Ramos, got them up and running against Macedonia with a cool Panenka penalty after 16 minutes. Spain are still the European champions and doubled their lead just a minute later when Paco Alcacer, on his home ground, marked his first competitive game for his country with a goal.

Silva had a hand in four of Spain's five goals, winning a penalty that defender Sergio Ramos converted for the opener before playing a crucial part in Valencia striker Paco Alcacer's debut goal at the home of local rivals Levante.

Macedonia pulled one back through a Agim Ibraimi penalty but, although the Balkan outfit deserved a goal from a creditable performance, they were no match for the European champions.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets made it three on the stroke of half-time with Silva getting the goal his performance merited five minutes after the interval to end the game as a contest.

The gloss to a five-star performance came in the final minutes as Barca forward Pedro completed the rout by netting from another fine Silva pass.

Spain started well but it was the visitors who surprisingly had the first real sight of goal as midfielder Ibraimi forced Iker Casillas into action, the Real Madrid goalkeeper tipping over from the Maribor man's free kick.

That scare seemed to jolt Spain into life, Cesc Fabregas curling narrowly wide of the far post following good build-up play from Vicente del Bosque's men.

And in the 15th minute the hosts did find a way through as Ramos executed a stylish chipped spot kick after 

Daniel Mojsov was ruled to have brought down Silva.

Silva was at the heart of most of Spain's forays forward and was involved again in their superb second, which arrived just two minutes later.

The 28-year-old curled an excellent ball to the far post for Juanfran to volley across goal and into the path of local boy Alcacer to fire into an empty net.

Many would have expected Macedonia to fold after going two behind but instead they rallied and got back into the game in the 28th minute through Ibraimi, who slotted into the bottom corner from 12 yards following Juanfran's poor challenge on Aleksandar Trajkovski.

But Macedonia continued to look fallible in defence and, after goalkeeper Tomislav Pacovski had denied both Pedro and Silva, they conceded a third through Busquets' long-range strike, which deflected off Vanche Shikov on the way in.

Bosko Durovski's men almost made the dream start to the second half as striker Adis Jahovic was thwarted by a one-on-one save from Casillas.

Spain then punished Macedonia for Jahovic's profligacy, with Silva rewarded for an inventive display by finding the net with a low drive into the bottom corner.

Fabregas cannoned a shot off the crossbar before the hour mark and Spain got their fifth in the first minute of injury time with a delightful lofted finish from Pedro to cap a win that extended an unbeaten run in qualifiers that stretches back to 2006.