This article is part of the Guardian’s 2019 Women’s World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries who have qualified for France. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 7 June. Overview Spain won all their eight qualifying games but were handed a tough draw in France coming up against Germany, China and South Africa in the group – and if they finish second they could face the United States in the last 16. “People take it for granted that we will make it to the knockout stage and go far in the tournament but our group is really complicated,” the coach, Jorge Vilda, has said. The recent success of Spain at youth level – the under-17s became world and European champions and the under-19s won the Euros while the under-20s finished second in the World Cup – has led to increased expectations for the senior side. However, the domestic league is too uncompetitive with Barcelona and Atlético too superior, for the national team to have any realistic chance of winning the World Cup in the near future. The nucleus…