GROUP B: Spain out to beat Chile "any way" they can

By dpa staff

Defending champions Spain know that anything less than a win would virtually mean their elimination from the 2014 World Cup, but they are ready to beat Chile and make amends.

"We still have a chance, and we need to make the most of that chance," coach Vicente del Bosque said Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta, the man whose goal gave Spain the World Cup trophy four years ago in South Africa, stressed that the team is confident and "ready" to win Wednesday's game at Maracana stadium.

"The first thing we need to do is to win, virtually anyway we can," Iniesta said. "But we will stand more chance if we play good football."

Striker Fernando Torres, however, warned against rushing in the match against Chile, in an effort to make amends for Friday's 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands.

"We need to be very patient. We can win the game in the 1st minute and we can win it in the 90th minute," he stressed.

Similarly, Del Bosque dismissed comments that Spain need to give Chile a thrashing, in an effort to improve their image after the first match and to fix their goal difference problems.

"You will not hear me say that we are going to seek a thrashing, because I would even think that is unsportsmanlike," he said. "The fact that we will try to seek the best result possible is a different thing."