Spain hold comfortable lead at interval

Spain 2 Ukraine 0

Spain cruised into a commanding position thanks to early goals from Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso and David Villa of Valencia, which gave them a 2-0 half-time lead over Ukraine in Leipzig.

It had not been the World Cup debut new Chelsea recruit Andriy Shevchenko and his team-mates had been dreaming of as they rarely threatened at the other end.