European champions Spain moved into the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Iraq on Wednesday.
The win gave Spain a world record-equalling 14th consecutive international victory and stretched their unbeaten run to 34 matches — one short of the world record of 35 held by Brazil.
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Forward David Villa’s header which opened the scoring after 55 minutes made him Spain’s second highest scorer of all time with 30 goals — 14 behind Raul’s 44.
Spain had to work hard for their win against the ultra-defensive Asian champions who, despite drawing their opening match against South Africa and losing this one, are still in with a chance of reaching the last four.
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