No team has ever won the trophy after losing their opening
game.
Following the Swiss shocker Spain boss Vicente del Bosque
admitted: "It's not a good omen and it's not a good sign we have
given to the rest of the teams and the football world.
"But we have to face the next games and try to win. That should
be our spirit and that's our future.
Spain face Honduras in a must-win Group H game in Johannesburg
on Monday and then meet Chile in another crunch clash four days
later.
The European champs are not used to losing - this was only their
second defeat in 49 games.
But Del Bosque added: "You can always lose in football,
naturally, but I have a certain determination to turn it around.
"We can't lower our heads and think we had bad luck. We have the
chance to avenge ourselves. That is the way we have to be
thinking.
"We tried to find solutions from the wing and put in Fernando
Torres as a second striker. We tried to get forward and create
chances.
"They defended well and blocked all our passes and crosses from
the wings. They were very efficient."
Switzerland have now kept five successive clean sheets in finals
games - including Germany 06 - to equal Italy's all-time record set
in 1990.
And the Swiss hailed keeper Diego Benaglio for denying the
Spanish.
Boss Ottmar Hitzfeld, whose men play Chile on Monday, said: "Our
match-winner was Benaglio, he had to be excellent if we were to win
against Spain.
"From the first minute he was focused, he was sensational in his
positional play, he's world class in one-on-ones.
"These were three unexpected points.
"Chile will be just as difficult to play as Spain but my team
will go into the match with a great deal of confidence."
It is the first time the Swiss have won a World Cup opener since
1954.
