Vicente del Bosque confirms Diego Costa start

Spain boss Vicente del Bosque has confirmed that Diego Costa will start tonight's international friendly against El Salvador.

The Atletico Madrid forward is still recovering from a hamstring injury that he picked up in the latter stages of the 2013-14 campaign, but Del Bosque has confirmed his involvement this evening.

"He'll play. He has trained well and is in very good condition to see how he is after a long time without playing a complete game," AS reports Del Bosque as saying.

"If we thought it was a risk to play him, then he wouldn't play. We'd prefer him to play. He's a guy with character, which helps the team a lot, and he has shown enough all year to be here with us."

Brazilian-born Costa, 25, has thus far made just one international appearance for Spain.