Saez hails "spectacular" Raul

Spain coach Inaki Saez hailed Raul after his "two spectacular goals" earned a crucial 2-1 victory over Ukraine last night.

Spain's Euro2004 hopes are intact after the win, which saw Andrei Shevchenko net for the visitors.

Afterwards, Saez said: "Raul represents not only the values of Spain but always appears at the decisive moments. Today he did it with two spectacular goals. He is not a man who is always in the game, but in the end always leaves his quality."

"In the change-rooms, we all agreed it was a very intense game with both teams dominating periods of the match."

"It was a very important win against an excellent opponent. Ukraine gave us problems, but the good thing was that we were always threatening on the break."