Luis Aragones may have received the backing of the Spanish Football Federation over the weekend, but Wednesday4s friendly with Argentina still looks to be make or break for the veteran coach.

Public feeling appears to be against Aragones and with no Spain coach ever holding onto his job following three successive defeats, a loss to Argentina could spell the end for the 68-year-old.

Aragones, who took charge in 2004, has come under intense pressure following back-to-back reverses to Northern Ireland and Sweden in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

The coach offered to step down following the shock 3-2 loss in Belfast, before changing his mind, while he admitted his future was in the hands of the Spanish FA following Saturday's 2-0 reverse in Sweden.

RFEF president Angel Maria Villar immediately threw his support behind the coach, but another setback to Argentina in Murcia this week could see that decision reversed.

Spain striker Fernando Torres has also backed Aragones, saying the blame for the team's poor results should not be placed solely with the coach.

"The responsibility lies with all of us, with the coach, the players and the directors," he said in Marca.

"The people are not happy, but we will get past this situation. There are people who are with us and others less so.

"Villar has backed him and he is the one who hires and fires. We cannot do anything about this matter, so we will try to get through it."

Defender Sergio Ramos added at Monday's press conference: "There are few better than Luis. We have worked with him a long time and I believe he is the right man to get the best out of us.

"It is quite a difficult time. We must be united to try and get out of this, and do our talking on the pitch so we can get the results."

The loss to Sweden - one of three defeats suffered by Aragones during his 30-game tenure - has left Spain in fifth place in Group F with just three points from three games.

It is a far cry from the start of the World Cup, where Spain looked potential winners after cruising through the group stages.

Spain were then knocked out by eventual finalists France in the second round, but despite that Torres believes the way they played in Germany should be the yardstick for their performances now.

"We must try and reach the level we were at during the World Cup, which we don4t have at present, but we have the players to make it possible," he said.

"We must combine that with (good) results, which we are in need of.

"There are many more points left to play for."