Italy will be our biggest test, says Aragones

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Spain coach Luis Aragones believes his team will face the toughest of the quarter-finals when they play Italy on Sunday.

Aragones's side completed their group phase with a 100 per cent record after Dani Guiza's 88th-minute header sealed a comeback by a second-string XI against Greece. Angelos Charisteas had given the deposed European champions the lead before Ruben de la Red equalised.

That was Spain's ninth successive victory and they are now 19 matches unbeaten. But Aragones knows his side will have their work cut out against the world champions.

"We know we have a great rival ahead of us, it's going to be complicated but they probably think the same about us," said Aragones, whose side beat Italy 1-0 in a friendly earlier this year.

"The best team will win and let's hope that is Spain.

"Obviously we are facing a world champion, a four-times world champion, so perhaps it is the most difficult of the quarter-finals, but any tie at this stage is going to involve a strong team and in the semi-finals even more so."