David Villa and Sergio Ramos were on target for Spain as they served further notice of their World Cup purpose with victory over France in Paris.
The Euro 2008 winners claimed their first away victory over France since 1968 to spread their recent record to 42 victories in their last 45 fixtures.
Their only defeat in that amazing run came against the United States at last summer's Confederations Cup.
There was little to separate the two European giants in the early stages, but Spain soon started to mark their authority on the contest.
The visitors has the first chance of the match in the 18th minute when Sergio Busquets downward header from Xabi Alonso's free-kick went just wide, while poor control from Villa soon after saw another promising opening go to waste.
Villa would get a second chance 60 seconds later though, and this time he was not so profligate.
Andres Iniesta's attempted pass to David Silva was missed by the Valencia man but, having also beaten Julien Escude, it ended up being perfect for Villa, who raced onto the ball and perfectly finished past Hugo Lloris.
That was Villa's 36th goal in his just 55th match for Spain, and edged him ever-closer to Raul's national record of 44 goals, which were made in 102 appearances.
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