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LE HAVRE, France, June 17-- Spanish women's football team head coach Jorge Vilda said that he felt pretty proud of the team's competitiveness shown in the tournament after Spain progressed from the FIFA Women's World Cup group stage for the first time following a goalless draw with China here on Monday. Spain registered 24 shots throughout the Group B final round action, compared with China's one. However, the Chinese goalkeeper Peng Shimeng managed to keep a clean sheet with several crucial saves. Spain take up the second spot of the group with superior goal differential over China, with both sides snatching four points from three matches. "We are happy to qualify for round of 16 and make history. We knew that it was possible to finish a draw. We were good to have scored, but the Chinese goalkeeper was very deserving. We tried from all angles, but the goalkeeper was very good," commented Vilda. "We didn't achieve everything that we wanted to achieve, but we were very happy to make into the knockout stage. Let's move on to the next stage now," he pointed out. "We're very proud that we know Spain are going to compete and make things difficult for every opponent that they face. "Playing against Germany, we were really close to winning. We tried to create chances when playing against China today. We hope to make progress in our everyday performance," Vilda said. For Vilda, "We won, we lost, we drew in the group stage. We faced different opponents. We faced South Africa who posed great pressure in terms of defense. Then we played one of the title favorites (Germamy). The match was difficult and we were competitive, but lost the match. We did well on our defense and tried to create chances today. | 
