France coach Raymond Domenech had just one thought in his mind after his side's 3-1 World Cup last-16 win over Spain - to watch his team play in the final.

Domenech, speaking after late goals from Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane had sealed a comeback victory over Spain, must prepare his men for a quarter-final with Brazil - the team France beat to win the 1998 World Cup but who four years ago succeeded Les Bleus as world champions.

Domenech said: "Brazil is clearly going to be a special game.

"But I have only one objective - and that is to play in the World Cup final on July 9.

"That's my only objective, and any inquests that need to be held can come after July 9."

Domenech sidestepped questions about whether Thierry Henry was genuinely fouled by Carles Puyol for the free-kick which led to Vieira's crucial goal - earlier Franck Ribery had equalised David Villa's opening penalty for Spain.

"We knew how to manage the game with lucidity and intelligence," said Domenech.

"The players were ready and they knew how Spain play.

"We knew we had to be patient and bide our time and we built solidity, rigour and lucidity into our play - those were elements that we needed.

"We knew the scenario and that the game would need us to play at our best level for all the 90 minutes - and we prepared for the match in that knowledge."

Spain coach Luis Aragones felt that the Puyol-Henry incident was not a foul.

"For me the referee (Italian Roberto Rosetti) blew for a non-existent foul for the second goal," said Aragones.

"As for the third goal, the game was practically over already when that went in."

Aragones, the oldest coach at the World Cup, refused to say if he would continue in the post after the tournament with Euro 2008 qualifiers the next assignment for a side which once again failed to deliver at World Cup level.

"Now is not the time to discuss that," he said.

"We had our fair share of possession and were playing against a France team that defended well and counter-attacked well."