Raúl Campos ensured Spain go into Friday's UEFA European Under-21 Futsal Tournament semi-finals with a perfect competition record after his late strike secured victory against Ukraine.

Late winner
Pola's opener, his finals-leading fifth goal in St Petersburg, put Spain ahead in the match between the guaranteed Group B qualifiers only for Oleksandr Kolesnikov to equaliser. A draw would have been enough to give Spain first place but Raúl Campos's late goal ensured they clinched top spot in style, meaning they will play Group A runners-up Italy and Ukraine take on that section's winners, hosts Russia.

Pola goal
With last-four berths secure for both teams it was inevitable that it would not be a frenetic encounter from the off and the first good chance came six minutes in through Dmytro Sorokin, shooting just over from distance. However, the deadlock was broken by Spain a couple of minutes later. Mario Ossorio's kick-in found Pola in position and the No7 made no mistake with his strong shot.

Equaliser
Ukraine levelled just before the quarter-hour. Kolesnikov received the ball from a corner, faked to shoot, and with his marker out of the way sent a strike into the opposite top corner. Luis nearly restored the Spain lead but his effort was tipped over by Kyrylo Tsypun, given a start in place of rested Ukraine goalkeeper-captain Dmytro Lytvynenko.

Decisive strike
Spain coach Jordi García also took the chance to field reserve goalkeeper Didac Plana following half-time, as he has done throughout the group stage, but the replacement for Carlos Barrón had little to do. It seemed the game was drifting towards a draw but, with little more than four minutes left, Raúl Campos let fly from distance and Tsypun was beaten.

Jordi García, Spain coach
«The game was decided by minor errors by both teams. We are very used to playing against this team and we knew it would be tough. They did not give us a chance to play the ball around.»

Gennadiy Lysenchuk, Ukraine coach
«I want to congratulate Spain on the victory. We lost to a really strong opponents today. I am sure that they'll play in the final. We dream about playing Spain again on Sunday and getting revenge. Our first-choice goalkeeper Dmytro Lytvynenko didn't play today and our doctors recommended giving a rest to Sergiy Zhurba and Dmitriy Klochko. The young players got a chance to prove themselves, and I liked that they battled until the end against really classy opponents.»