`무적함대' 스페인이 튀니지에 힘겨운 역전승을 거두며 독일월드컵 본선 16강에 진출했다. 

같은 조의 우크라이나도 사우디아라비아를 대파하고 본선 첫 승과 함께 16강 진출의 불씨를 살렸다. 

스페인은 20일(이하 한국시간) 폭우가 내리는 슈투트가르트의 고트리브 다임러 슈타디온에서 열린 H조 조별리그 2차전에서 전반 선제골을 내줬으나 후반 라울   곤살레스의 1골, 페르난도 토레스의 2골을 보태 튀니지를 3-1로 제압했다. 

2연승으로 승점 6을 확보한 스페인은 23일 사우디아라비아 경기 결과에  관계없이 16강행을 확정지었다. 

스페인은 경기 시작부터 세밀한 패스로 미드필드에서 주도권을 잡아가며 완승을 예고하는 듯 했지만 전반에 불의의 일격을 당했다. 

그러나 전반 8분 튀니지의 지에드 자지리는 스페인 수비수의 백패스를 가로채  오른쪽을 돌파해 들어간 뒤 골문 앞으로 연결해 줬고 자우하르 음나리가 이 볼을 받아 찼다. 

골키퍼 이케르 카시야스가 막아냈지만 음나리는 튀어나오는 볼을 침착하게 다시 골문으로 차 넣어 선제골을 뽑아냈다. 

조급해진 스페인의 루이스 아라고네스 감독은 후반들어 그동안 출전 시간이  많지 않았던 라울을 투입시키며 거센 반격을 펼쳤지만 튀니지의 골키퍼 알리   붐니젤의 선방과 끈질긴 수비에 막혀 좀처럼 공격의 실마리를 풀지 못했다. 

하지만 후반 26분 페널티지역에서 날린 세스크 파브레가스의 슈팅이 골키퍼를  맞고 나오자 어느틈에 골문 앞에 와있던 라울이 오른발로 마무리, 1-1 동점을  만들었다. 

5분 뒤에는 파브레가스의 송곳같은 패스를 받은 토레스가 골문으로 질주,  골키퍼를 제치고 역전골을 밀어 넣었다. 

토레스는 또 후반 45분 얻은 페널티킥까지 성공시키며 이날 역전승의 주역이 됐고 득점 랭킹에서도 3골을 기록하며 단독 선두에 올랐다. 

우크라이나는 함부르크에서 열린 경기에서 안드리 루솔의 선제골을 시작으로 세르히 레브로프, 안드리 셉첸코, 막심 칼리니첸코의 릴레이 골로  사우디를  4-0으로 제압하고 승점 3(1승1패)을 기록했다. 

우크라이나는 23일 베를린에서 튀니지와 16강 진출 여부를  확정지을  수  있는 마지막 조별리그 경기를 치른다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Spain 3 : 1 Tunisia 

[ESP] 7. RAUL (71')9. TORRES Fernando (76')9. TORRES Fernando (91+' PEN) 
[TUN] 12. MNARI Jaouhar (8')

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - The substitutes saved the day for Spain, carrying it into the next round of the World Cup. 

Trailing Tunisia by a goal at halftime, coach Luis Aragones brought in Spain's all-time leading scorer, Raul Gonzalez, and Cesc Fabregas. And it paid off bigtime in a 3-1 win Monday night. 
Raul equalized when Tunisia goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel couldn't hold Fabregas' shot, and the Arsenal youngster set up Fernando Torres for Spain's second goal five minutes later. Torres finished it off on a penalty kick in the last minute. 

"The way Cesc and Raul interpreted the football we had to deliver was extraordinary. That's why our second half was better than the first," Aragones said after Spain's advancement to the second round. 

"We had a lot of opportunities, but we did become a bit nervous after their goal." 

Spain, undefeated in 24 games under Aragones, is emerging as a serious candidate for the World Cup title after two straight wins and a goal difference of 7-1. It's the Red Fury's best start to a World Cup. 

Aragones fielded the same starting lineup that routed Ukraine 4-0 in Spain's best World Cup opener. Then Tunisia stunned the Spaniards in the eighth minute when Jawhar Menari scored. 

Striker Ziad Jaziri set up the goal after winning a duel with Carles Puyol, dribbling through three defenders in the box and lifting the ball to Menari. The midfielder's first shot was blocked by Iker Casillas, but Menari put in the rebound. 

Spain pushed relentlessly for the equalizer and nearly got it before the halftime whistle, but Tunisia's Anis Ayari stopped Xabi Alonso's header on the goal line with his own defensive header. 

Fabregas and Raul came on for Marcos Senna and Luis Garcia after the break, and Joaquin Sanchez replaced David Villa 11 minutes into the second half. 

The substitutes injected more firepower to Spain's attack, and Tunisia finally caved in after Raul tied the score in the 71st. 

"There are some days when every thing works for you, and today was one of them," Fabregas said. 

Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre said he was disappointed his team couldn't withstand the Spanish pressure. Spain had 24 shots, 10 of them on goal, against Tunisia's four. The Spaniards dominated possession and had 12 corner kicks. 

"Just at the moment when Spain started to buckle we dropped our guard," said Lemerre, who took the Tunisia job after being fired as France coach after the 2002 World Cup. 

He will have to restore confidence in his squad to have any chance of beating Ukraine to qualify for the second round. Tunisia, in its fourth World Cup, has never advanced from the group stage. 

"The decisive game will be against Ukraine and we will have to do a better job to make it to the last 16," Lemerre said. 

Goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, who nearly saved Torres 90th-minute penalty kick, said Spain's patience paid off. 

"We weren't able to deal with the deep passes. They wore us down, technically and mentally," he said. "We have to win the game against Ukraine at all cost." 
 
 

'동유럽의 강호' 우크라이나가 사우디아라비아를 제물 삼아 16강 진출의 불씨를 살렸다. 

우크라이나는 20일(이하 한국시간) 오전 독일 함부르크에서 열린 H조  조별리그 2차전에서 안드리 루솔의 선제골을 시작으로 세르히 레브로프, 안드리 셉첸코, 막심 칼리니첸코의 릴레이 골로 사우디를 4-0으로 제압했다. 

스페인과 1차전에서 0-4로 패했던 우크라이나는 이로써 월드컵 본선 진출  이후첫승을 거두는 쾌거를 올리는 동시에 승점 3을 확보, 16강 진출에 대한 가능성을 한층 높였다. 

우크라이나는 23일 베를린에서 튀니지와 16강 진출 여부를  확정지을  수  있는 마지막 조별리그 경기를 치른다. 

셉첸코와 안드리 보로닌을 투톱으로 내세운 우크라이나는 경기 초반부터 사우디를 거세게 압박하며 주도권을 잡아나갔다. 

월드컵 본선 무대를 처음 밟은 우크라이나의 첫 골은 불과 4분만에 터졌다. 

우크라이나의 루솔이 막심 칼리니첸코가 오른쪽에서 올린 코너킥을 문전으로 달려들며 오른발 무릎으로 차 넣으며 골문을 가른 것. 

전반 14분에도 셉첸코의 헤딩슛으로 사우디 골문을 위협한 우크라이나는 전반 36분 승리를 예감하는 추가골까지 터뜨렸다. 

미드필더 중앙 30여m 거리에서 레브로프가 때린 기습적인 오른발 슛이 절묘하게 날아가 사우디의 마브루크 자이드 골키퍼까지 손을 전혀 쓰지 못하는 골문 왼쪽  상단에 꽂아 넣었다. 

기세를 올린 우크라이나는 후반 1분 '득점 기계' 셉첸코가 미드필더 왼쪽  지역에서 보로닌이 쏘아올린 프리킥을 헤딩 슛으로 골 그물을 출렁이고 후반 39분  막심 칼리니첸코가 한 골을 더 추가하며 승리에 쐐기를 박았다. (연합뉴스) 
 
Saudi Arabia 0 : 4 Ukraine 

[UKR] 6. RUSOL Andriy (4')11. REBROV Serhiy (36')7. SHEVCHENKO Andriy (46')19. KALINICHENKO Maksym (84')
 
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - It took just four minutes for Ukraine to get its World Cup bid back on track. 

Following a corrosive tongue-lashing by coach Oleh Blokhin for their embarrassing loss to Spain in opening Group H play, the World Cup newcomers got it together to beat outsider Saudi Arabia 4-0 in a rain-swept match Monday evening. 
Though Ukraine's prize striker Andriy Shevchenko was expected to lead his nation on the German grass, it was defender Andriy Rusol who opened the scoring. Off a corner kick by Maxim Kalinichenko in the fourth minute, Rusol's one-timer off his left knee found its way through the legs of Saudi goalkeeper Mabrouk Zayed. 

The goal, Ukraine's first of the tournament, prompted an emotional Blokhin to scream in approval and violently whip the grass with his towel. 

"It's like the tale of Cinderella," Blokhin said. "The pumpkin turned into a beautiful coach and the rats into magnificent horses. That's what happened to us today and we were able to turn things around." 

Serhiy Rebrov scored one of the best goals of the tournament with a 35-yard shot in the 36th minute. Zayed might have reached it on time but slipped on the wet grass, letting the ball go into the top corner. 

Barely 30 seconds into the second half, Shevchenko got his goal with a header from Kalinichenko's long free kick. The newly signed Chelsea striker, only recently back from a nagging knee injury, appeared in much better form than in Ukraine's 4-0 loss to Spain where he failed to take a single decent shot. 

And Kalinichenko got his own, scoring on a pass from Shevchenko to close the scoring. 

The victory came on the anniversary of Blokhin's first of two World Cup goals exactly 24 years ago to the day, in the Soviet Union's 3-0 victory over New Zealand. His second came four years later in a 2-0 loss to Canada. 

"This means as a coach I retained the fighting spirit I had as a player," Blokhin said. 

Ukraine is the first former Soviet republic other than Russia to qualify for the World Cup; Russia played in 1994 and 2002. 

"I think our chances of going all the way are not huge because there are stronger teams, but we will fight," Blokhin said. 

Blokhin knew his team had to go on the offensive in the absence of two key defenders, Volodymyr Yesersky to a thigh injury, and Vladyslav Vashchyuk, who served a one-game suspension for a red card he received against Spain. 

Ukraine and Spain lead the group with three points apiece, while Tunisia and Saudi Arabia each have one. Spain played Tunisia later Monday and Ukraine would be helped by a Spanish win. 

The Saudis didn't manage one shot on goal, yet coach Marcos Paqueta was content. 

"Our boys fought the whole game and never gave up," he said. "They tried and tried all game, and when you make your best effort you are satisfied and your conscience is at peace. They should be able to get over this and make a different impression next game." 

Saudi Arabia lost with Prince Sultan bin Fahd watching from the VIP box. Saudi Arabia's players prefer sultry temperatures, but the hot, muggy daytime conditions they wished for turned into wind and rain just an hour before the match, much to the Ukrainians' delight.