So far, nobody had been on the wrong end of a Euro 2016 hiding.
But a couple of minutes after half-time in Friday night's match in Nice, all the signs were that Turkey were heading in that direction.
Already two down to Spain following first half goals from Álvaro Morata and Nolito, the Turks conceded again almost instantly in the second half.
Morata was the man that put the ball in the net; Jordi Alba was the man that got the assist but the most telling pass in a Spanish move consisting of many, many passes, came courtesy of Andrés Iniesta.
The Barcelona man, as he's done so many times in his career, found the perfect eye of the needle ball to slide the ball through the Turkish defence, perfectly weighted to the feet of Alba. Squaring it for Morata, the Juventus striker's task was straightforward.
Spain ran out 3-0 winners.
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