Spain v Tunisia, 19 June 2006

Score	3-1 to Spain
Referee	Carlos Eugênio Simon
Competition	FIFA World Cup Finals group H
Venue	Gottlieb Daimler, Stuttgart
Attendance	52,000

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KICK-OFF: 8.00pm BST Spain and Tunisia had never met before at ‘A’ international level but there have been five meetings at youth and amateur levels.

1 Tunisia

Manager: Roger Lemerre

Goals:

Raúl		71
Fernando Torres		76
Fernando Torres	penalty	90

Goals:

Jawhar Mnari

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas (captain)

Defender Mariano Pernía

Defender Pablo Ibáñez

Defender Puyol

Defender Sergio Ramos

Midfielder Marcos Senna

Midfielder Xabi Alonso

Midfielder Xavi

Forward David Villa

Forward Fernando Torres

Forward Luis García

Starting lineup:

Ali Boumnijel Goalkeeper

Hatem Trabelsi Defender/Right back

Anis Ayari Defender

Karim Haggui Defender

Medhi Nafti Defender

Radhi Jaidi Defender/Centre back

Riadh Bouazizi Midfielder (captain)

Adel Chedly Midfielder

Jawhar Mnari Midfielder

Zied Jaziri Forward

Hamed Namouchi Forward

Substitutions:

Raúl for Luis García	46
Cesc Fàbregas for Marcos Senna	46
Joaquín for David Villa	57

Substitutions:

Kaies Ghodhbane for Riadh Bouazizi	57
Alaeddine Yahia for Anis Ayari	57
Haykel Guemamdia for Adel Chedly	80

Cards:

Puyol	30	Y
Cesc Fàbregas	89	Y

Cards:

Anis Ayari	32	Y
Hatem Trabelsi	40	Y
Radhi Jaidi	70	Y
Haykel Guemamdia	80	Y
Zied Jaziri	85	Y
Jawhar Mnari	90	Y

On the bench:

Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas

Midfielder Joaquín

Forward Raúl

On the bench:

Defender Alaeddine Yahia

Midfielder Kaies Ghodhbane

Forward Haykel Guemamdia

Comments:

This result confirmed Spain's progression in to the knockout stages of the 2006 finals. They remain unbeaten in their last 24 matches. Spain's last defeat came on 22 June 2004, when they lost of 0-1 to hosts Portugal at Euro 2004. Raul becomes as the fourth Spanish player to score five goals at the World Cup finals.