Red Fury Spain to Move forwards

19/06/2006 21:41

For nearly a half century, the Spanish have always felt disappointed in every of its World Cup participations. However, positive performance of Luis Aragones’ men made every Spanish football fans believe that 2006 is their year.

However, Fernando Torres, who scored the fourth goals in their 4-0 triumph over Ukraine , thought that Spain has not performed much till now and his team just played rather well in its debuting match. “We have to continue to fight in the next match with the highest spirits and strength that we used to have,” he added.

Spain is likely to remain unchanged for their second group match against Tunisia in Stuttgart on June 19, following their 4-0 triumph over Ukraine previously.

After scoring three goals in their debuting match, the trio of Luis Garcia, David Villa and Torres are set to play upfront even when world-class striker Raul Gonzalez is getting full fitness for the match.

Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Marcos Senna are expected to control the match as they will play in the half-backs.

Red Fury Spain to Move forwards ảnh 2 — Spanish forward Fernando Torres (L) vies for the ball with Francesc Fabregas in a training session on June 18.

Meanwhile, the North African Tunisia will be anxious to raise its game after a slightly disappointing draw against Saudi Arabia and especially when its opponent is Spain , which was considered the strongest team in Group H.

Tunisia forward Francileudo dos Santos , who scored 18 goals in his 28 caps for Tunisia , is expected to miss his second match of the tournament. The Brazilian-born player is struggling with a persistent shin injury.

In ten successive matches of four World Cups, Tunisia won only one when they beat Mexico 3-1 in 1978.

Tunisia is expecting to have one precious point after the match. Then, they will seek for the second triumph in its World Cup history in the next match against Ukraine . Following Angola , Ivory Coast and Ghana , Tunisia will prove to be a pride of Africa .

Colors for the game
Spain : Red shirt, blue shorts, blue socks
Tunisia : White shirt, white shorts, white socks

Probable Squad

SPAIN
TUNISIA

1. CASILLAS Iker

15. RAMOS Sergio

5. PUYOL Carlos

22. PABLO Ibanez

3. PERNIA Mariano

16. MARCOS Senna

14. XABI Alonso

8. XAVI

11. GARCIA Luis

9. TORRES Fernando

21. VILLA David
1. BOUMNIJEL Ali

6. TRABELSI Hatem

15. JAIDI Radhi

3. HAGGUI Karim

18. JEMMALI David

20. NAMOUCHI Hamed

12. MNARI Jaouhar

14. CHEDLI Adel

13. BOUAZIZI Riadh

5. JAZIRI Zied

9. CHIKHAOUI Yassine

By T.P - Translated by Trong Khuong