Andrés Iniesta knows the Japanese football very well, so he did not want to miss the training session of Luis Enrique and his team in Doha on Wednesday afternoon. He gave them some good advice ahead of the decisive match against the Japanese in the World Cup.

A place in the round of last 16 is at stake for Spain, and the 26 called-up players will be at the national coach's disposal to play, after Rodrigo and Gavi rejoined the squad.

The scorer of the most important goal in Spain's history has been playing for Vissel Kobe in Japan for the last four years.

The internationals trained at maximum intensity and aware of the importance of the match against a difficult opponent that several of the players know from their last match at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

A point is enough for the national team to qualify for the play-offs, although Luis Enrique has already announced that his team aims to win this Thursday at 20:00 (Spanish peninsular time) in a match that will be refereed by South African referee Víctor Gomes.