Spain was in danger of losing their head coach after the Northern Ireland failure. Being beaten 3-2 by the British side, Spain's Luis Aragones was thinking of renouncing his job. Still, as "Marca" revealed earlier today, the Spaniard will continue as head coach, because the Spanish Football Federation gave him another chance.

According to the media reports in Spain, Aragones was determined to resign Monday morning. Ángel María Villar Llona, the president of Spanish Football Federation and Vice-President of FIFA - refused to let the 67-year old technician go and gave him 48 more hours to reconsider.

Aragones, who previously promised he would step down if Spain didn't manage to reach higher stages at the World Cup - which they failed to do -, changed his mind and decided to give coaching another chance.

He managed to help his team qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup without any losses in the group stages. Spain was the only team at the World Cup, alongside Germany, who managed to get 3 wins out of 3 in the first round. They were beaten by France in the first knockout round, losing 2-1 after leading the game.

If Aragones had decided to step out of the Spanish Football Federation staff, his replacement would have been Miguel Angel Lotina. Spain is fighting for a place at the 2008 European Championships alongside Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Latvia and Liechtenstein in Group F of the qualifiers.