Madrid - Spain are keen to show the world that their triumph at Euro 2008 was no flash in the pan.
That's why they are desperate to do well in next June's Confederations Cup, the draw for which will be held on 22 November in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This will be Spain's first participation in the elite tournament, now in its eighth edition.
Spain will go to the tournament as one of the favourites, as European champions and as number one in the FIFA world rankings.
"La Seleccion", as it is known, has never before flown so high - or so elegantly. And it has never before been so highly regarded across Planet Football.