Torres and Cesc Fabregas, both having shaken off worrying late season injuries, did not appear in the starting list. Torres infused new impetus to Spaniards for goal but the time was running quickly.

Xabi Alonso's right-foot shot made the ball just fly off the crossbar in the 70th minute. On the other side, Derdiyok almost extended the lead of Switzerland again four minutes later by shuttling neatly among the defenders. His shot was only blocked by the post, raising the atmosphere in the Durban Stadium to a boiling point.

It was the 50th match of La Roja at the FIFA World Cup. Spain became the seventh team to reach this milestone after Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England and France.

Spaniards have to collect points in their next group match against Honduras on June 21 in Johannesburg while Switzerland will play Chile on the same day in Nelson Mandela Bay. Chile defeated Honduras 1-0 in an earlier group match on Wednesday.

Sergio Ramos (C) of Spain vies with Switzerland's Blaise Nkufo during the 2010 World Cup Group H match in Durban, South Africa, June 16, 2010.

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