While Spain's fightback from a goal down booked their entry to the last 16, Tunisia - who last won a World Cup game on their tournament debut in 1978 - face Ukraine knowing only a win can save their campaign.

Ukraine, beaten 4-0 by Spain in their group opener in Leipzig, bounced back from that defeat to beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 and now have three points.

Tunisia could only draw 2-2 with the 'Sons of the Desert' and with only a point to their name there's no doubting the significance of their task this Friday.

Lemerre, who only recently signed a two-year extension to his contract, said however he is not throwing in the towel.

"Collectively I think the team had a great match, and whether we have what it takes to go into the next round remains to be seen," he said.

"We've got 90 minutes to get things right against Ukraine. A win would give us a hope of qualifying."

Tunisia started in perfect fashion, with Ziad Jaziri outfoxing the Spain defence to set up the unmarked Jawer Mnari, who beat Iker Casillas at the second attempt for their eighth-minute opener.

However a Raul and Fernando Torres inspired second half found the former African champions defending en bloc, and failing to create any real goal scoring chances.

Tunisia, now second from bottom of Group H behind Ukraine and facing a third consecutive first round exit, know what they need to do against Oleg Blokhin's debutants.

The winner of Group H plays the runner-up from Group G, and vice-versa.

With Group G still largely undecided, France, Switzerland and South Korea are all still in the hunt.

And some of Tunisia's players admitted they had been hoping for a Gallic showdown.

"Most of us would have loved to play against France, but we still have to do the job by beating Ukraine. It's not finished yet, and we will start working focusing on that as of tomorrow," said Jaziri.

Anis Ayari, who was substituted in the second half, admitted they had been frustrated by Luis Aragones' men.

"We started very well. I really dont know why we let the Spanish team dominate us in the second half," said Ayari.

"Now we will fight in the next match but I think we deserve to be in the round of 16."

Mnari, whose goal had given Tunisia hope of an upset before Raul's 71st minute equaliser, admitted Spain had played them into the ground.

"After 70 minutes we were very tired, but that wasn't the case with the Spanish team," he said.

"Unfortunately for us they are very experienced and came up with three goals in the space of 15 minutes.

"I am personally satisfied, and we will continue to play offensively. We will risk everything to win against Ukraine."