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Spain 3-1 Tunisia
Monday, 19 June 2006




Spain

G Raul 72
F Torres 76
F Torres 90 (pen)

3-1
(0-1)
Tunisia

J Mnari 8

 
Bookings:

C Puyol 30yellow card
F Fabregas 90yellow card
 

 
Bookings:

A Ayari 32yellow card
H Trabelsi 40yellow card
R Jaidi 70yellow card
H Gmamdia 80yellow card
Z Jaziri 85yellow card
J Mnari 90yellow card


SPAINTUNISIA

Possession

64%36%

Shots on target

103

Shots off target

141

Corners

121

Fouls

1021


Spain

  • 01 I Casillas
  • 15 G Sergio Ramos
  • 05 C Puyol yellow card
  • 22 I Pablo
  • 03 M Pernia
  • 08 H Xavi
  • 14 X Alonso
  • 16 M Senna (45 F Fabregas yellow card )
  • 11 S Luis Garcia (45 G Raul )
  • 09 F Torres
  • 21 D Villa (56 S Joaquin )

Subtitutes

  • 06 D Albelda,
  • 12 G Antonio Lopez,
  • 19 S Canizares,
  • 18 F Fabregas,
  • 13 A Iniesta,
  • 17 S Joaquin,
  • 20 G Juanito,
  • 04 C Marchena,
  • 07 G Raul,
  • 23 J Reina,
  • 10 J Reyes,
  • 02 M Salgado

Tunisia

  • 01 A Boumnijel
  • 03 K Haggui
  • 15 R Jaidi yellow card
  • 19 A Ayari yellow card (56 A Yahia )
  • 06 H Trabelsi yellow card
  • 12 J Mnari yellow card
  • 13 R Bouazizi (56 K Ghodhbane )
  • 14 A Chedli (79 H Gmamdia yellow card )
  • 20 H Namouchi
  • 08 M Nafti
  • 05 Z Jaziri yellow card

Subtitutes

  • 17 C Ben Saada,
  • 09 Y Chikhaoui,
  • 02 K Essediri,
  • 10 K Ghodhbane,
  • 07 H Gmamdia,
  • 18 D Jemmali,
  • 22 H Kasraoui,
  • 23 S Melliti,
  • 16 A Nefzi,
  • 21 K Saidi,
  • 11 F Santos,
  • 04 A Yahia

Ref: Carlos Eugenio Simon
Att: 52000


ALL THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENED

PLAYER RATER: Will Spain flatter to deceive in this World Cup? 50% say yes, 50% say no.

Meanwhile, substitute Cesc Fabregas achieved the best rating with 8.82 while two-goal hero Fernando Torres finished with 8.09. Liverpool's Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso got 8.01 and Raul, who scored the equaliser, averaged 7.89.

FULL-TIME: Fernando Torres, with two, and Raul help Spain overcome a 1-0 deficit to book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup.

90 mins: GOAL Spain 3-1 Tunisia
Fernando Torres makes it three for Spain. The player picks himself up after he was fouled to fire in the spot-kick.

89 mins: Goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel comes out to brilliantly block a Fernando Torres shot after he is left one-on-one with the Atletico Madrid forward.

85 mins: Tunisia's Ziad Jaziri gets a yellow card for dissent.

76 mins: GOAL Spain 2-1 Tunisia
Fernando Torres scores Spain's second. The Atletico Madrid striker latches on to a Cesc Fabregas pass and rounds keeper Ali Boumnijel, who came to the edge of his area, to put the Spanish into the lead.

75 mins: Cesc Fabregas, who has had a big impact since coming on, forces a save from Ali Boumnijel.

72 mins: GOAL Spain 1-1 Tunisia
Raul equalises from just three yards out. The Real Madrid striker pounces on Ali Boumnijel's poor parry from Cesc Fabregas' weak shot inside the area. It is Raul's first goal since 19 October when he scored against Rosenberg in the Champions League.

70 mins: Bolton's Radhi Jaidi gets a yellow card for a foul on Spain's Fernando Torres.

67 mins: Fernando Torres smashes in an equally poor shot from distance - the Spanish are getting frustrated.

66 mins: Getafe's Mariano Pernia wastes an effort from 30 yards that flies high and wide of the Tunisia goal.

"The Spanish crowd are becoming increasingly subdued and are quick to whistle when they feel Tunisia are time-wasting."
BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera in Stuttgart

60 mins: Mariano Pernia rifles in a teasing cross from the left that skims off the surface and just flies wide of Ali Boumnijel's left-hand upright.

58 mins: Tunisia's Kaies Ghodhbane comes on for Riadh Bouazizi while Anis Ayari is off for Alaeddine Yahia.

56 mins: Spain's Joaquin comes on for David Villa.

52 mins: Spain full-back Mariano Pernia fires in a rocket from 30 yards out that goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel punches away unconvincingly.

48 mins: Cesc Fabregas sends in a stinging shot from 20 yards that keeper Ali Boumnijel can only parry away.

2102 BST: Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas is on for Marcos Senna and Raul is on for Luis Garcia as Tunisia kick off the second half.

"Spain striker Raul and midfielder Cesc Fabregas are warming and are set to come on in the second half."
BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera in Stuttgart

PLAYER RATER: Tunisia goalscorer Joahar Mnari leads the ratings with 9.09 while Ziad Jaziri has 9.03. The public rate Xabi Alonso the best Spain player with 7.88 while Fernando Torres is rated at 7.87.

HALF-TIME: The Spanish drumbeat at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium, courtesy of 57-year-old fan Manuel Caceres, has been silenced after a half that saw Tunisia take a shock lead.

Can Tunisia hold on for a famous victory which would also be an ideal birthday present for their coach Roger Lemerre who celebrated his 65th birthday on Sunday?

44 mins: Fernando Torres' curling shot is adjudged to have been tipped over for a corner. From the corner Tunisia's Anis Ayari heads Xabi Alonso's header off the goalline.

"Spain manager Luis Aragones spends some time stood in his technical area directing the way he wants his side to play."
BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera in Stuttgart

42 mins: The rain pours down on the surface in the stadium making conditions increasingly difficult for the players.

39 mins: Xabi Alonso fires in a cracking effort from 30 yards out but the ball goes two feet wide of Ali Boumnijel's left-hand post.

33 mins: Anis Ayari is booked for a foul and it starts to rain at the stadium in Stuttgart.

31 mins: Anis Ayari's free-kick from 20 yards is well saved by Iker Casillas. At the other end Spain's Fernando Torres fails to find a team-mate with his delivery.

30 mins: Carles Puyol gets a yellow card for a foul on Hatem Trabelsi after Tunisia catch Spain on the counter.

27 mins: Hatem Trabelsi puts in a great block inside the area to prevent Spain's Fernando Torres from latching on to a scoring opportunity.

"David Villa needs to stop Tunisia's Hatem Trabelsi getting the ball because he is proving a menace down the right."
BBC Sport co-commentator Mark Lawrenson

22 mins: Torres picks up a pass from Luis Garcia, but blasts his shot well wide of the Tunisia goal from just inside the area.

20 mins: Spain's defence are being given a testing time by forward Ziad Jaziri.

PLAYER RATER: 80% think Tunisia will not hold on to this lead.

15 mins: Xavi's free-kick from the right is headed over by defender Sergio Ramos.

9 mins: David Villa's free-kick from 25 yards is punched away by Ali Boumnijel.

8 mins: GOAL Spain 0-1 Tunisia
Joahar Mnari puts Tunisia into a shock lead after great work from Ziad Jaziri inside the penalty area. The ball from Jaziri finds Mnari whose initial shot is saved by Iker Casillas but he tucks away the rebound.

5 mins: Luis Garcia nods to ball down to David Villa at the edge of the area. Villa's screamer rebounds off the side-netting.

2 mins: Luis Garcia heads Xavi's corner from the right wide of the Tunisia goal.

2000 BST: Spain kick off the match.

PRE-MATCH BUILD-UP

1954 BST: The teams come out to a great roar at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium.

1950 BST: "It will be nice for the competition if Spain do well."
BBC Sport analyst Martin O'Neill

1947 BST: "The team Spain have are comfortable in possession and Fernando Torres looked particularly good against Ukraine."
BBC Sport analyst Alan Hansen

1945 BST: "Argentina legend Diego Maradona is here, having watched Brazil play Australia on Sunday."
BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera in Stuttgart

1935 BST: "The Spain fans are already blaring out the song Viva Espana and seem in jubilant mood as they cheer on their players who are warming up.

The Spanish will be aiming to build on their 4-0 drubbing of Ukraine and further enhance their claim as one of the leading contenders for the World Cup.

The Tunisia side are also limbering up and whatever noise their fans are making is being drowned out by the Spanish contingent."
BBC Sport's Mandeep Sanghera in Stuttgart

1915 BST: It is 26C and partly cloudy at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium.

1845 BST: Spain striker Raul starts on the bench as expected with Luis Aragones sticking with the pairing of David Villa and Fernando Torres in attack.

Tunisia's star striker Francileudo dos Santos has been named as a substitute despite there being doubts whether he was going to recover in time from a shin injury.

Coach Roger Lemerre has included Mehdi Nafti at the expense of rookie striker Yassine Chikhaoui, leaving Ziad Jaziri as the lone frontman.

He also replaced defender David Jemmali with fellow defender Anis Ayari.

TEAM LINE-UPS

Spain: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Pablo, Pernia, Xavi, Alonso, Senna, Luis Garcia, Torres, Villa.
Subs: Albelda, Antonio Lopez, Canizares, Fabregas, Iniesta, Joaquin, Juanito, Marchena, Raul, Reina, Reyes, Salgado.

Tunisia: Boumnijel, Haggui, Jaidi, Ayari, Trabelsi, Mnari, Bouazizi, Chedli, Namouchi, Nafti, Jaziri.
Subs: Ben Saada, Chikhaoui, Essediri, Ghodhbane, Gmamdia, Jemmali, Kasraoui, Melliti, Nefzi, Saidi, Santos, Yahia.

Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon (Brazil)


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