Saudi Arabia boss Marcos Paqueta is confident his side can reach the last 16 at Germany 2006.

The Saudis have not progressed to the knockout stages at the World Cup finals since their debut appearance in 1994 and lost all their games at both France '98 and Korea/Japan 2002.

However their Brazilian coach sees little to fear from Group H opponents Spain, Ukraine and Tunisia.

"Our first target is to reach the second round," said Paqueta.

"We have a good group of players and a mix of experience and youth with high technical capability, which makes our dream of qualifying for the second round possible.

"The players are determined and are in high spirits and would like to make their country proud. I hope we can achieve more than what we have planned."