Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas equalled the record of most

international caps for a European player on Sunday as two-time defending

European champions Spain drew 0-0 against Romania in Cluj.

Casillas, who made his national team debut in June 2000, returned

after sitting out Thursday’s 1-1 draw in Italy to move level with former

Latvia midfielder Vitalijs Astafjevs on 166 appearances.

Romania meanwhile took to the field for the warm-up wearing training

tops featuring maths problems, rather than shirt numbers, as part of an

initiative aimed at combating the country’s poor school dropout rate.

Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto was handed his Spain debut as

Vicente del Bosque made wholesale changes to the side that played in

Udine three days ago, with their opening game at Euro 2016 just over two

months away.

Gerard Pique and Pedro Rodriguez tested Romania keeper Ciprian

Tatarusanu early on, while Casillas — still well shy of Egyptian Ahmed

Hassan’s all-time record of 184 international caps — was twice forced

to turn away efforts from Nicolae Stanciu.

Pique fired straight at Tatarusanu just after half-time after a

corner found the Barcelona defender unmarked beyond the far post, but

Spain found a Romanian defence that conceded just twice in 10 qualifying

matches difficult to break down.

Romania, who qualified for the finals in France as runners-up in

Group F, stretched their unbeaten run to 16 matches — a sequence which

includes five goalless draws — with Spain now turning their focus

towards a third straight European crown.