STUTTGART, Germany – This Spanish team attacks with Brazilian flair, defends with Italian grit and works as hard as the Germans.

Spain is emerging as a serious candidate for the World Cup title after rebounding from a goal down to beat Tunisia 3-1 Monday night.

Spain’s unbeaten streak under coach Luis Aragones is now at 24 games and the young squad advanced to the second round from Group H.

Substitute Raul Gonzalez and attacking partner Fernando Torres turned the game around in a six-minute span after Tunisia took an early lead on a counterattack. Torres added a penalty kick goal in the 90th.

“I knew it was going to be a difficult match,” Aragones said. “The first goal upset us. We have a very young team.”

Aragones fielded the same starting lineup that routed Ukraine 4-0 in Spain’s best World Cup opener. Then Tunisia stunned the Spaniards in the eighth minute when Jawhar Menari scored.

Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre will have to restore confidence in his squad to have any chance of beating Ukraine, which beat Saudi Arabia.

“Just at the moment when Spain started to buckle we dropped our guard,” he said. “The decisive game will be against Ukraine and we will have to do a better job to make it to the last 16.”