Not if they had their way though:lol:

there's a big Catalan influence in this Spanish side....still Spain though..

Spain is one country that will never, ever have a foreigner in charge of the national team. Too many Franco-era ultra-nationalists left... even in the Basque country and Catalunya.

Vicente del Bosque González is Spainish.

also if Spain win it will be the first time an imported coach has won a world cup

France were helped by the fact they didn't have to qualify:lol:

This.

We were equal with France (I think) in that regard.

Oceania paving the way :lol:

Im sure Rebecca Wilson is writing the positive Football story as we speek!

Not.

For the 1998 campaign we were undefeated in qualifying matches. The 'world cup" is just the finals so really we were undefeated for the 98 world cup

More interesting is the fact that no one whose lost their first group game has won the cup...

1982 Cameroon 3 draws in the same group Italy qualifies to 2nd Round with 3 draws and goes on to win World Cup undefeated.

Has there ever been a team to go through qualifying and the WC without defeat besides the Kiwis and potentially Holland?

If Spain win the only team to not lose this WC will be New Zealand