Iniesta Demands More From Spain

| Monday July 12, 2010 00:00

Although the UEFA EURO 2008 winners have lived up to their pre-tournament billing by reaching the decider at Soccer City to give them a shot at lifting the greatest trophy in the game for the first time, they have still not managed to hit top form.

Star striker Fernando Torres is yet to score in South Africa and lost his place for the semi-final triumph over Germany to Barcelona youngster Pedro. And although David Villa is favourite to land the adidas Golden Boot, having found the net on five occasions already, three successive 1-0 victories in the knock-out stage does not indicate a team at its peak.

We will play better because we will probably have to if we are going to win the World Cup.Spain's Andres Iniesta on the eve of the Final Although they dominated their semi-final against Germany in Durban on Wednesday, Spain once again failed to find the killer touch and they would have been behind had Toni Kroos finished off the chance that fell his way just before Carles Puyol headed the winner. Iniesta knows that what the Netherlands lack in eye-catching brilliance, they make up for with industry. And the 26-year-old playmaker acknowledges second best is not going to be good enough this time around. follow up a European Championship triumph by lifting the FIFA World Cup