Spain Come Out on Top in Iberian Battle

Spain Come Out on Top in Iberian Battle

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Spain 1-0 PortugalVilla 63Attendance 62, 955Spain prevailed victorious in an absorbing tu sle with Iberian rivals Portugal to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The terrific David Villa converted the match winning goal in the 63rd minute to set up a last eight tie with Paraguay.Spain celebrate at the final whistleThe organised Portuguese threatened to frustrate the well oiled pa sing machine of Spain Justin Faulk Jersey in the first half, whilst squandering excellent opportunities themselves on the counter-attack. Spain continued to play their triangles, vigorously keeping po se sion of the Jubulani for long periods, finally breaking the deadlock via a typically neat pa sing move. Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta combined well to set up Villa, who despatched his rebounded shot in off the underside of the bar.Portugal looked lost for ideas after going behind, and their chances were completely blown when right-back Ricardo Costa was sent off in the closing stages for raising his arm toward Joan Capdevila.Spain shot out of the blocks, with three early strikes on goal inside the opening 7 minutes. Fernando Torres was first to test Eduardo in the Portugal goal, seeing his curling effort tipped away. Then twice, Villa cut inside from the left, forcing good low saves out of Eduardo as Spain pushed for an early breakthrough.Spain continued to exert pre sure, with their next chance arriving courtesy of a clever short corner that found Torres in space, but his first-time strike flew just over.Portugal responded well to Spains early dominance by creating chances of their own, creating a couple of nervous moments for Spanish stopper Iker Casillas. First, a Tiago shot from 25 yards stung his palms, but an awkward looking save only looped the ball high, descending on goal, but for Casillas scrambling it away, the on-rushing Hugo Almeida would have nodded in. Soon after, Cristiano Ronaldo thundered a trademark free-kick from all of 40 yards that wobbled difficulty for Casillas; another unconvincing save forced Derek Ryan Jersey Gerard Pique to head away to safety.Iker Casillas scrambles the ball away as Hugo Almeida flies inCarlos Queirozs side had succeeded in limiting Spain to playing infront of their defensive unit after their early spell and looked the more likely to open the scoring. The best chance of the game thus far arrived on 39 minutes, Almeida glancing a close-range header wide, following a lovely flick from Simao that had enabled Raul Meireles to cro s unopposed.Both sides had half chances just prior to the break, a clipped cro s from Fabio Coentrao was met by Tiago with a late dart into the box, but his header was directed wide. At the other end, Iniesta caught Meireles dwindling on the ball and played in Torres, but the out-of-sorts Liverpool striker turned blindly into the covering Ricardo Carvalho.Seven minutes into the second half, a quick throw from Eduardo found Almeida on the left, who sped past Pique and saw his attempted cro s ricochet off of Carlos Puyols knee and spin agonisingly wide of the far post.The turning point in the match came just before the hour-mark as both managers made changes, Danny was brought on for Almeida and the ineffective Torres was switched with Fernando Llorente.Fernando Torres issubstituted after another disappointing showingImmediately Llorente was involved, as a tremendous cro s from Sergio Ramos invited him to open the scoring, but his diving header was directed straight at Eduardo. Just a minute later, Villa created space for himself well, but curled his shot a matter of centimetres wide.With 63 minutes on the clock the opening goal arrived, courtesy of an intricate build-up involving the majestic Barcelona midfield pairing. Iniesta fed Xavi, who, with his back to goal, cleverly flicked the ball on for Villa, who after seeing his first shot saved, calmly lifted the ball into the net off the bar on the rebound.David Villa lifts his shot expertly over EduardoSpain took hold of the game from there on, and could have doubled there lead when Ramos slammed a left-foot drive goalwards, but for Eduardo brilliantly tipping around the post.Eduardo was called upon again to fend away a ferocious Villa strike from 30 yards, before Llorente failed to guide a header into the bottom Fredrik Claesson Women Jersey corner, after Villa had floated a great ball in for him.Queiroz sent on Liedson and Pedro Mendes to strengthen their attacking options, but it appeared instinctive rather than thought out, as Portugal left key man Ronaldo isolated and out of the game.Two counter-attacks that forced Puyol and Capdevila into important blocks were as close as the Portuguese came, and their hopes were dashed in the final minute, as Costa was giving his marching orders for apparently lashing out at Capdevila.Ricardo Costa is dismi sed late onSpain march on into the quarter-finals, where theyll play Paraguay in Johannesburg on Saturday evening, hoping to reach the last four for the first time since 1950.TeamsSpain Casillas, Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso (Marchena, 90+3), Xavi, Iniesta, Villa (Pedro, 88), Torres (Llorente, 59)Booked AlonsoPortugal Eduardo, Costa, Alves, Carvalho, Coentrao, Pepe (Mendes, 72), Raul Meireles, Tiago, Ronaldo, Simao (Liedson, 72), Almeida (Danny, 59)Booked TiagoSent Off Costa
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