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Spain lose to Georgia in their final game before Euro 2016

Published 23:26 7 Jun 2016 BST

Updated 23:26 7 Jun 2016 BST

Matt Tate
Spain lose to Georgia in their final game before Euro 2016

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Spain were looking to complete their preparations for a potentially history making Euro 2016 by routinely dispatching of Georgia - a country ranked 131 places below them in the world rankings.

But Vicente Del Bosque's side had a night they will want to immediately forget, as they went down 1-0 in Getafe and Georgia wildly celebrated one of the greatest nights in their history. The Spaniards can become the first team to win three consecutive European Champions in France this summer, which would go some way to making up for 2014's World Cup horror show. They'd been in good form until Tuesday night's blip, with wins over Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Korea in the two prior warm-up fixtures. But despite La Roja largely dominating proceedings - Sergio Ramos arrived too late to apply a finish to Gerard Pique's flick and Thiago Alcantara saw his strike rattle the post just before the half-hour mark - Tornike Okriashvili's goal just before half-time would be the only one of the game, and in terms of world rankings, it was Spain's worst ever defeat. Spain v Georgia - International Friendly Andres Iniesta and Nolito both came close to finding an equaliser after the break but Georgia held on for the remainder of half - as well as nine minutes of stoppage time - to claim their famous victory. It's probably a bit premature to write off the holders' tournament chances based on one (admittedly embarrassing) result, but that doesn't mean it wasn't amusing. https://twitter.com/marksymufc84/status/740297287134511104 https://twitter.com/MarkK1872/status/740296463909945350   https://twitter.com/Berkshire_Boys/status/740286446691454976 https://twitter.com/treydwarren/status/740298875211120640 https://twitter.com/MrGoph/status/740300196337340416 https://twitter.com/dermotmcorrigan/status/740283110668013572 https://twitter.com/cartyla/status/740303159826882560 https://twitter.com/Itz_Muhd/status/740303124791971840 https://twitter.com/jackrt14/status/740302914762252288 https://twitter.com/mread531/status/740302814463721472

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