"We must be highly realistic and it is impossible for us to beat Spain, quite impossible. They are the European and the world champions and the favourites to win this Confederations Cup tournament.
"But even if they score 15 or 20 goals, I would be happy if we scored one."
The match at Rio's famous Maracana stadium is one of the more surreal contests in the tournament but could be overshadowed by a massive protest planned by Brazilians who have been staging demonstrations around the country over a host of grievances.
"Spain have won two European titles and the World Cup and the players on the bench are all stars. Spain is the top football nation and Uruguay only managed 28 per cent possession against them on Sunday, and I would be happy with that.
"But whatever happens, I do not want to play defensively and sit back and stay in our own half. When we get the ball I want us to go forwards and look for a goal."
"Xavier is 35 or 36 so I wanted to thank him for his beatiful career in Oceania, but Mikael is part of the future of Tahitian soccer and he will play this game and Gilbert Meriel will play in goal against Uruguay.
"We want to show our amateur values and I want all my players to benefit from playing here which can only help us in the future.
"We know Spain will win and want to win and score a lot of goals, but even so, for us this is like Christmas and we will pick up our Christmas gift tomorrow when we play the world champions."
