Gran Canaria will host the friendly between Spain and Bosnia

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It will be played next November 18. The antecedents in the island, positive for the Selection: four victories, two ties and no defeat.

The Estadio de Gran Canaria will host on November 18 the friendly international match between the absolute selections of Spain and Bosnia, as announced by the Royal Spanish Football Federation on Tuesday.

The background of 'La Roja' in Gran Canaria is flattering, as it remains unbeaten, since except for two draws against Yugoslavia and Mexico, has always solved their appointments with victories.

The first time that Spain played in the Gran Canaria capital had a qualifying condition. It was on October 19, 1972 in the now defunct Insular Stadium, and had as rival to the former Yugoslavia (2-2). The points in game were valid to accede to the World-wide one of Germany 1974, event for which finally Spain was not classified. Amancio and Asensi scored the many Spaniards, while Bajevic scored the two foreign goals.

Fourteen years elapsed until the Spanish team made an appearance again in Gran Canaria and it was to measure forces with the former Soviet Union, in a friendly match that ended with a 2-0 Spanish triumph, with targets from Julio Salinas, who debuted that January 22, 1986, like Chendo and Eloy.

Subsequently opened a parenthesis of seven years until January 27, 1993, with Javier Clemente on the bench, Mexico served as a test for Spain in another friendly (1-1). The Atlético de Madrid winger Toni Muñoz was the one who made the Spanish goal in the match in which Julen Guerrero, Imaz, Christiansen and Fran debuted.

Until the 7 of February of 1996 did not return the international meetings to the Insular Stage, this time before Norway. A solitary goal by Kiko Narváez served to solve that friendly (1-0), the last one that hosted the sports center of Ciudad Jardín.

Until August 18, 2004, with the premiere in the technical direction of Luis Aragonés, Gran Canaria fans did not have the opportunity to follow the national team live. Spain prevailed 3-2 to Venezuela, with goals from Raul Tamudo (2) and Fernando Morientes, already at the Estadio de Gran Canaria, which was filled for the occasion with 32,000 spectators.

'La Roja' returned to that same stage on November 21, 2007 to face Northern Ireland in the last qualifying match for the 2008 European Championship. In that match, in which another historic record was recorded, Spain won by 1 -0 with a goal by Barça's Xavi Hernández.