MURCIA, Spain, (Reuters) – Striker Fernando Torres  returned from injury as a substitute and scored for Spain in a  6-0 rout of Poland, their final World Cup warm-up match yesterday.

The forward came on for David Villa after 66 minutes, making  his first appearance since having knee surgery in April, and  netted the side’s fifth goal 10 minutes later.

He was the only member of Vicente del Bosque’s 23-man squad  who had yet to feature after warm-up wins over Saudi Arabia and  South Korea in Austria.

The European champions had failed to impress in either of  those games but were back to their best on home turf with Villa,  David Silva, Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fabregas, and Pedro adding the  other goals.

“I haven’t played for almost two months and was very keen to  return, but I wasn’t as ready as I thought and had to ease off a  little (last week),” Torres told Spanish state television.

“The coach and the doctors held me back a while, but in the  end they gave me a run out, and I managed to score.”

The only concern for Del Bosque was midfielder Andres  Iniesta who asked to be substituted just before the break with a  thigh muscle strain.

With a starting XI that looked much like their strongest  line up Spain raced into the lead, Iniesta crossing for Villa to  put away with the defender’s help, as they slid in at the back  post after 12 minutes.