SUWON, South Korea, June 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Following are the quotes from the World Cup second round match between Spain and Ireland on Sunday:

　　Mick McCarthy (Ireland coach):

　　(on his team) A wonderful bunch of Ireland players, I suppose. I'm so proud to have had a chance to work with them.

　　(on the penalty) I've told them before, whatever happens, thereis no recriminations here. We've had a wonderful, wonderful World Cup. But I think we deserved to go to the quarterfinals. I've nothing but admiration for those players, every one of them.

　　(on whether the Spanish team is suffering from fatigue after the long domestic season) Well, the season ended in March. I know a lot of people had high hopes for France, Argentina and Portugal,but that didn't go well. A lot of star players are going home but I don't think they had any physical problems. I know that many players are complaining about too many matches in the Premier League, but Ireland played as many games as Argentina, France, Portugal did.

　　Iker Casillas (Spanish goalkeeper):

　　(on the game) I think that our team endured everything for the total game very well, this was key to our win. I think that as thegame progressed we got better.

　　(on whether he was confident about blocking all the penalty shots) It's all a matter of luck, sometimes you block some, sometimes you don't.

　　(on the match between South Korea and Italy) We are already in the quarterfinals, but we had to go through all this. In this World Cup, I think that anything really can happen.Enditem