In a spectacular display of soccer supremacy and superior paella making skills, Spain handily defeated Georgia in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, sending the team home with a 3-1 scoreline and perhaps a few restorative recipes for post-match comfort food. Reliable grapevine sources have inferred that Georgia's journey back home would likely involve copious amounts of soul-searching, as well as frantic Googling of "how to handle a resounding football defeat gracefully.” The match kicked off with Spain’s Robin Le Normand demonstrating that the only thing more precise than a seasoned bullfighter’s aim, and perhaps the accuracy of Spain's high-speed trains, was his rock-solid goal-scoring ability. Following in quick succession, Ferran Torres confirmed Spain's dominance with an unmistakable "olé". Georgia’s goalkeeper was left wondering whether he should have switched his pre-match beverage from the traditional chacha to an energizing cortado instead. The horror show for Georgia continued when Luka Lochoshvili unwittingly solidified Spain's lead with an own goal. A silver lining, if one squints hard enough, is that Lochoshvili will surely be welcome at Spain's next team fiesta with open arms and perhaps a suggestion to join a flamenco dance-off to lift his spirits. Would this ample savaging be enough to quench Spain's seemingly ceaseless thirst for football superiority? Only time would tell. Nevertheless, the team appears to have interpreted the phrase "group stage" as an open invitation to unveil a performance worthy of a grand opera finale. With eight points and fourth place in the group to their name, Georgia will invariably carry this defeat like a heavy load of oranges up a steep Barcelona alleyway. Meanwhile, Spain will unquestionably carry their triumph with the ease of a well-aged manchego cheese on a warm slice of rustic bread - a testament to their uncompromising skill and unquestioned palate for victory. This match was undoubtedly an expression of Spanish soccer prowess, where the team danced with the ball with the fervor and flair of a seasoned flamenco dancer. Scotland, bearing witness to all this from a comfortable second place on the ladder, could only gaze on in the same mix of awe and dread that most feel when trying to comprehend the complexities of the nation's paella recipes. This Swan Song of Euro qualifying ended, then, with Spain preening gracefully and Georgia preparing to make the long, contemplative journey home. But hey, at least they have that new paella recipe to try!