Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Spain Wins 1-0 Over Paraguay And Earns Passage In To The Semifinal

Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Spain Wins 1-0 Over Paraguay And Earns Passage In To The Semifinal

Spain for the first time in their history managed to win a quarterfinal encounter. This coming thanks to a late goal by their top goal scorer David Villa, whose goal came 84 minutes in to the game. As for the match itself, the first half I would say held little in the way of action apart from Valdez's goal for Paraguay which was unjustly called offside. This being the case that the replay clearly demonstrates that his position was correct at the time of the pass yet the linesman erroneously raised his flag to deny a perfectly legitimate goal.

Spain, basically with the same team repeating the same game which won them the European championship attacked though was met every time by a solid Paraguayan defense through out most of the first half and most of the second. Paraguay on the other hand though they did manage to control Spain's offense, did not manage to mount much in the way of offense yet made a break through in the second half. Paraguay's big chance coming at the 60 minute mark of the game when they were awarded a penalty which Cardoso missed though in all truth the nerves could be seen in his eyes as he waited for the referee's whistle to take the spot kick.

Spain had been let of the hook yet it would not take long for them to get a penalty of their own which made it almost seem like foul shots in a basketball game. Spain however unlike Paraguay would score of their penalty or such did it appear till the referee correctly observed that some Spanish players had entered the penalty box before the ball was struck which lead to his having it retaken. It being Alonso who had scored on his first attempt yet perhaps for the same nervous as Cardoso would miss the second time around. As his shot would be saved on the left hand side of the goal by a diving Villar, who also managed to cover the rebound on a play which would end in a corner kick for Spain.

At that point it was easy to see that the game was tied up as both teams were playing each other on a par yet the dead lock would be broken by another bouncing ball much like in Ghana's penalty against Uruguay yesterday. The play started when Iniesta got the ball and went by two players and passed it to Pedro; whose shot bounced of the Paraguayan goal and unfortunately for Paraguay straight at Villa. It being Villa who almost repeated the feat of hitting the post without scoring as his shot, in front of an unguarded goal hit off the left post and bounced on to the right one to go in for Spain's first and only goal of the game. Spain had scored and with little time left, theirs was to defend as Paraguay attempted to attack and came close late in the game yet Casillas managed to save Santa Cruz's last minute attempt at sending the match in to overtime.

In conclusion, I would say that though Spain won, it can be said that either team could have won this game which turned out to be a comedy of mistakes on both sides who squandered penalties yet Paraguay can look back to that goal which should have counted. Spain will now take on Germany, who right now is simply steam rolling everybody and I do not see where the Spanish will halt them from entering the final.

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