Darijo Srna, Mladen Petric (two), Niko Kranjcar, Eduardo da Silva and Ivan Rakitic did the damage for a rampant Croatian outfit.

The hosts' misery was completed 14 minutes from time when Genis Garcia was dismissed.

There was very little between the sides in the opening minutes and nothing in the way of goalmouth action until the 23rd minute, when Kranjcar tried his luck with a dipping right-footed effort from outside the box which went well wide.

A minute later, Eduardo headed over the bar from close range as the visitors began to assert their authority.

Croatia then deservedly went ahead on 34 minutes, when Srna's free-kick deflected off the wall and looped over the helpless Andorra goalkeeper, Koldo Alvarez, and nestled in the top right-hand corner.

Three minutes later, the Croatians doubled their lead from another free-kick when Petric curled an exquisite left-footed effort around the wall and past a fully-stretched Koldo.

Petric was heavily involved in Croatia's best attacking play and sent two good efforts over the crossbar in the next few minutes.

Just before half-time, the striker scored his side's third of the evening with a low angled drive from 12 yards which beat Koldo and crept just inside the far post.

After the break, Croatia soon went four up when the unmarked Kranjcar crashed a stinging left-footed shot into the corner from 10 yards out.

Four soon became five as Eduardo got in on the action on 55 minutes, firing past Koldo from point-blank range after Kranjcar's shot had been blocked virtually on the line.

Croatia's dominance was total and a sixth goal duly followed on 63 minutes, when substitute Rakitic poked home from the rebound after Koldo had parried Petric's curling free-kick.

Rakitic, Kranjcar and substitute Bosko Balaban all came close as the visitors threatened to run riot in the latter stages.

Andorra, still without a point in Group E, then went down to 10 men after 76 minutes when Garcia was dismissed for a late tackle from behind on fellow number seven Rakitic.

Despite their numerical advantage, Croatia were unable to add a seventh goal as Andorra defended stoutly in the final minutes.