"It was harder than we expected but it is important to win any way you can. Today the team showed spirit and did not get downhearted when they were behind," he told Spanish radio.

"As long as the strikers keep scoring we will progress in this tournament."

Tunisia were left to bemoan three goals in the last 19 minutes which killed off their hopes of an upset win.

"I am very disappointed, especially for the team and for Tunisia because we had good tactics, we were concentrating on their attacking game, but it all crumbled because of a single mistake," Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre said, referring to Raul's equaliser in the 71st minute.

"All is not lost but we didn't win anything here either. The Ukraine game (on June 23) will be decisive, the route will be difficult, but we still have hope."