Spain completely obliterated Germany in the Nations League as Manchester City star Ferran Torres bagged a hat trick as his side cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win over the 2014 World Champions.

The win puts Spain in the final four of the Nations League while for Germany, they will have to go and re-assess their football as the defeat left a painful reality check.

It was their worst defeat in a competitive match as their only five-goal loss in a competitive game had been West Germany’s 8-3 defeat to Hungary at the 1954 World Cup group stage. West Germany went on to beat Hungary in the final. In non-competitive matches, Germany had also lost 6-0 to Austria in a friendly in 1931.

There were several talking points and broken stats in the game, including the fact that this was the first time German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has ever shipped in six goals in a match for both club and country.

While it is impossible to pin point exactly what went wrong with the German machine, there were several take-homes from the game and Legit.ng looks at them in more depth.

There is no doubt that Germany is still the world’s most feared team, but the manner in which they were blown away by Spain might be an indication that perhaps it might be time for a massive overhaul in the team.

Midfielder Toni Kroos was the first to admit his national side was taught a lesson as he said after the game:

Coach Joachim Low is not one to openly express himself on the touchline but his body language on the night left many believing that after much success and 14 years at the helm, it might finally be time to move on.

The Spanish national team might be a shadow of the side which won the World Cup and European Championship in 2010 and 2012, but manager Luis Enrique is slowly rebuilding the team both with his squad and the tactics and the Spaniards would be justified to feeling optimistic for success in the near future.

The Manchester City forward was the star on the day as he bagged a hat trick en route to the Germany humiliation.

He played off Alvaro Morata for most of the game on Tuesday but still showed he had the cutting edge of a lethal striker.

Luis Suarez has stated categorically that Lionel Messi is much more concerned about his family than football, amid rumours that the Argentine is set to leave Barcelona.

The future of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner at the Catalan club remains in doubt in the wake of the epic transfer saga with almost crippled the club during the summer.

It got to a point that the Argentine threatened legal action having tendered his transfer request, but after the club cited an existing clause in his contract, Messi made a U-turn to see-off his contract which expires next summer.

And with rumours linking the Argentine with a move to Premier league club Manchester City, his former team-mate and friend Suarez has stated that Messi is more concerned about his family right now.

The 33-year-old told Marca as cited in SunSport.

Recall that Suarez was leg go at the Catalan club upon the arrival of new manager Ronald Koeman after the new tactician placed a less than one minute call to notify him of the club’s position regarding his future.

Suarez who has become a major part of Diego Simeone’s squad at Atletico Madrid stated that he felt bad the way he left Barcelona.

He continued:

Barcelona sit eighth going into the clash and, at times, have found goals hard to come by in LaLiga.