The World Cup in South Africa entered the final critical moment, the Anglo-Dutch battle ended, and England took the lead in the final.

This game leaves people with too much to talk about, such as the referee, such as Wang Rui's sideways volley, such as the tactical free kick coordination of the Wolves twin stars, such as how serious Wang Rui's injury is, whether he can participate in the final, and so on.

But what people are most concerned about is the other semi-final that will start - Spain vs Germany.

Who will make it to the finals?

In terms of overall strength, the two teams are on par, on par, Spain has a strong midfield, Germany has a strong overall strength, and there are no obvious loopholes in each position.

In terms of tournament experience, Germany clearly have the upper hand, having won three World Cups, while the Spaniards have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time.

In terms of morale, the Germans also have a clear upper hand, having scored four goals in three games, notably in the German-Arab clash with a strong 4-1 win over Argentina to give the world a favourite of them.

The Spaniards' path to qualification was very uneventful, and they even lost to Switzerland in their first group game.

Looking at the history of the two teams in the World Cup, the Germans also have the upper hand.

Germany are unbeaten in the World Cup meetings between the two teams, losing just two of their eight meetings in the tournament and qualifying, both of which took place at the European Championships, one in 1984 and the other in the Euro 2008 final.

Therefore, people are more optimistic that Germany will meet England in the final.

But there are other voices in everything, and Paul the Octopus from the Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, has successfully predicted the outcome of Germany's victory over Australia, a narrow defeat to Serbia, a win over Ghana, a wild win over England and Argentina!

All five predictions were correct, maintaining the same 100 per cent shooting percentage as in Euro 08 after five games.

Before the semi-finals, the Germans couldn't wait to call out the Octopus Paul prediction again, but this time Paul predicted a Spanish win.

This made many German fans very depressed, because the success rate of the octopus Paul was extremely high, as high as 91%, so many German fans were disappointed and even threatened to kill Paul and stew it to eat.

However, Paul the Octopus's previous predictions were not 100% on target, and he also made mistakes, which is what German fans want to see.

At Euro 2008, Paul successfully predicted Germany's wins over Poland, Austria, Portugal and Turkey, as well as Croatia's defeat. In that tournament, Paul had only predicted one game wrong, and that was the European Championship final.

At the time, Paul predicted that Germany would win the tournament against Spain, but the end result was that Spain won the title thanks to Fernando Torres' goal.

After this battle, the octopus Paul, who debuted for two years, predicted 11 times correctly 12 times in the 08 European Cup and the 2010 World Cup, and the success rate soared to 92%, which can be called the out-and-out "Octopus Emperor".

However, it is interesting to note that all twelve games of the German team predicted by Paul the Octopus were ultimately won and lost, and none of them were drawn, which also increased Paul's prediction success rate to a certain extent.

At 8:15 p.m. local time on the 7th in South Africa, players from both sides appeared at the Durban Stadium, where they will decide another ticket to the final.

In order to cheer for her team, Queen Sofia of Spain came to the scene in person!

"Tick! ……”

At half past eight in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the semi-finals between Germany and Spain officially began!

Both sides looked very careful at the beginning, and it wasn't until the 14th minute that the first shot on goal appeared: Xavi took a tactical corner, Spain had a series of back-to-back feet, Andres Iniesta took the ball from the right, and Puyol leapt to the top from seven meters in front of goal!

The soccer ball is over the crossbar!

Five minutes later, Spain made a comeback, Alonso made a diagonal long pass of about 50 meters from the left side of the midfield, Ramos unloaded the ball on the right and volleyed from a tight angle 13 meters from the goal!

Football misses the post!

Spain gradually dominated the field with a strong midfield strength, and the Germans lost their strong victory over Argentina, so they could only take it step by step, stubbornly resist, and look for opportunities to counterattack.

Germany only had their first shot on goal in the 32nd minute, when Lahm countered with a low cross from the right and Trokhovski volleyed a left-footed volley from 27 yards in front of goal!

The ball is blocked by Casillas at the right post!

This is the longest time Germany has waited for their first shot on goal at a World Cup since 1966!

This shows how strong Spain's central midfield is and how much they have allowed the Germans to set a humiliating record.

There weren't many wonderful pictures in the first half, the scene was dull, and the bored fans even played a game of human waves. In the end, the two sides ended the first half of the game with a score of 0-0 in a dull situation.

The fans sitting in front of the TV were quite disappointed, and the match was much more disgraced than the Anglo-Dutch game.

Sky TV commentator Kent sarcastically said: "The two teams combined for less than 10 shots on goal in the first half, not as many as the Dutch team. Both teams were disappointing not only in terms of the number of shots on goal, but also in terms of goals, with England having already scored twice by the end of the first half.

Not only that, but England's two goals are amazing!

Wang's sideways volley is simply a copy of Zinedine Zidane in the 02 Champions League final, and the free kick combination of the Wolves twin stars can be called a textbook goal! ”

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but the Germans still did not change their passive situation, and Spain firmly controlled the ball and put pressure on the German goal.

In the third minute of the second half, Pedro dribbled back on the right rib and Alonso fired a low shot from 25 meters in front of the goal, and the ball went wide of the goal!

In the fifth minute of the second half, Ramos crossed back from the right, Xavi crossed directly, and Alonso volleyed with his left foot from 23 meters in front of the goal, and the football was deflected wide again.

In the ninth minute, Andres Iniesta and Xavi crossed in succession, and Villa fired a shot from 18 meters from the left side of the goal, and the ball went wide of the far post.

In the thirteenth minute of the second half, a thrilling scene appeared: Capdevilla and Iniesta kicked the wall and crossed low from the left, Alonso turned his back in the penalty area, and Pedro volleyed with his right foot twenty meters in front of the goal!

The ball was saved by Neuer on the right, and the Spaniard then took control of the ball, and after the transition between Pedro and Alonso, Iniesta burst into the left side of the penalty area from a tight angle and seemed to shoot, and Villa flew to tackle the ball at the back post!

If Villa had touched the football, it would have scored, but the ball flew past Villa's toes and Spain missed their best chance to score.

Spain then made a comeback when Pedro latched on to Xavi's cross and fired a low left-footed shot wide of the right post from the top of the box.

The Germans could only rely on the few chances they had to play a quick counter-attack, and in the 16th minute of the second half, Janssen's cross from near the corner flag on the left side was headed by Pique, and Klose turned sideways from the penalty spot and fired a left-footed volley!

The soccer ball is over the crossbar!

In the fourteenth minute of the second half, Ozil made a low cross from the left, Podolski took the ball in front of the point and turned to the back point, Kroos was eleven meters away from the goal, and the right-footed half-volley was pushed into the near corner!

The brave Casillas jumped to his feet and saved the football from the bottom line!

In the 28th minute of the second half, Andres Iniesta burst into the left side of the penalty area, Schweinsteiger flew forward to destroy the ball out of the bottom line, and Spain took a corner kick.

Xavi takes a corner from the left, Pique leaps high, he doesn't get to the top of the ball, but he blocks Khedira, Puyol is in front of Khedira nine meters from goal, a beautiful lion shakes his head!

A white light flashed and the ball flew from the right side of the goal into the net!

1 to 0!

Spain finally turned their attack into a goal!

Spanish fans turn the Durban Stadium into a red world of joy!

This is Puyol's first goal on target in 13 World Cup games, his third goal in 89 international games, and the first time Spain has scored from a set-piece in this World Cup!

Spain had won their previous 42 games with a 1-0 lead!

The Germans then had the heart to launch an onslaught, but the Spanish midfield was too strong to threaten Casillas' goal.

Spain held on to winning until the end, becoming the second team since Germany 2002 to win all three of their knockout games 1-0 and reach the final.

Since 1994, all teams that have eliminated Argentina have been eliminated in the following round, and the Germans have not escaped this fate. (To be continued.) )