Paris: Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes is confident Spain have enough class to see off their play-off rivals Slovakia and make it to their eighth consecutive World Cup finals.
Spain, who finished second to Serbia and Montenegro in qualifying Group Seven, host the Group Three runners-up Slovakia in Madrid on Saturday, with the second leg in Bratislava next Wednesday.
Norway take on the Czech Republic in Oslo hoping to rekindle the spirit of '98 when they stunned Brazil 2-1 in the first round of the World Cup in France.
And in Saturday's other European play-off Turkey, third in the 2002 World Cup, take on Switzerland in Bern with major fitness doubts hanging over striker Hasan Sas and defender Tolga Seyhan.
"We are the better team and we are going to prove it," Reyes said.
"I am convinced we are going to score goals, and a 2-0 scoreline would be ideal to take to Slovakia. With the strikers we have we are bound to score, Fernando Torres and Raul are both in form, as are Fernando Morientes and David Villa if they play."
Spain have played in every World Cup since 1978 and Reyes for one believes his country's strikeforce is up to toppling Slovakia.
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