Lichtenstein vs Spain Not happy with treatment of his teammate

While the majority of the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu crowd was supportive of Spain and Gerard Pique in their 3-0 defeat of Italy, the minority who whistled the Catalan have given Sergio Busquets to rate the support as lower than a 10 out of 10.

Pique has a history of being jeered when on international duty and, despite his teammates and coach Julen Lopetegui pleading with fans in the build-up, some supporters still got on the Catalan's back on Saturday.

"It is not necessary to identify a player as being from Barcelona or elsewhere," Busquets told reporters at a pre-match press conference ahead of Spain's meeting with Lichtenstein.

"The fans were 9.5 [out of 10] because there was whistling at the start.

"It is something that affects everyone, we are and must be together."

The Barcelona midfielder went on to praise the work of Lopetegui so far, while refusing to admit that Spain are among the favourites for next summer's World Cup.

"Much of our success is down to the work of the coach and his team," he added.

"We do not see ourselves as favourites.

"We are focused on winning this game and only when we qualify can people make their bets."

That next game, away at Lichtenstein, kicks off at 20:45 CET on Tuesday evening.