Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque was keen to stress the threat Chile pose to his side`s hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup, claiming Marcelo Bielsa`s in-form outfit can cause problems for any team.

Del Bosque also warned against reading too much into the result of their last meeting with Chile, when the European champions recorded a 3-0 friendly victory in Villarreal 18 months ago.

"That result does not reflect what happened in the game, because the Chilean side are very good, as they have shown in the first phase here," said Del Bosque, ahead of what could be a decisive encounter on Friday.