No. 648: The Final Four Produced!

Instead of soaking in the great joy of saving the penalty, Casillas quickly got up from the turf and tossed the ball to his team-mate.

Fight back quickly!

Andres Iniesta picked up the ball and advanced quickly, and Paraguayan defender Victor CΓ‘ceres saw that the situation was not good, knocked down the Spanish midfielder, and the referee blew the whistle to award Spain a free-kick in front.

Iniesta quickly took a free kick, Alonso made a precise pass from the middle line, and Villa burst into the box!

Paraguayan centre-back Alcaraz trips Villa in a hurry!

"Tick! ……”

The referee blew the whistle again and awarded Spain a penalty!

It was only thirty-nine seconds after Casillas saved the penalty!

The two penalties were awarded 123 seconds apart, the shortest time between penalties since 1966!

Uruguayan fans, who have not yet come out of the regret of missing a penalty, have found that the world has been turned upside down, and Spain has won a penalty!

Alonso made it overnight!

While the Spanish fans were about to cheer, referee Butles decided that the Spanish player had rushed into the penalty area early and that the penalty must be heavily punished.

Alonso had to stand behind the football again, and the desperate Uruguayan goalkeeper Villar did not waste this opportunity by saving Alonso's penalty!

The alert Cesc Fabregas took a few steps forward and was about to make up for it, but he was brought down by Villar!

However, the referee Batres, who did not say anything!

Spain's attack followed one after another, and Ramos rushed forward to shoot from a tight angle six meters from goal!

Villar, who reacted quickly in the second round, blocked the football again!

Paraguay's defender Alcaraz, who came back, kicked the football out of the sideline with a big kick and finally resolved the crisis in front of the goal!

The Uruguayan fans in the stands let out deafening cheers from the sky, while the Spanish fans couldn't believe their eyes.

In less than three minutes, the goalkeepers of both teams used their magical performance to hold each other's penalties, which was simply incredible.

Spain became South Korea in 2002. Another team to miss two penalties in a single World Cup, with only one penalty missed in a single World Cup game dating back to Argentina against Mexico in the first group stage in 1930.

Cesc Fabregas was tripped by Villar on the stoppage and the Spanish surrounded the referee as they tried to ask for another penalty, and there was chaos on the pitch.

The referee did not change the decision and the game quickly resumed, with Spain stepping up their attack, but Paraguay's defense was too tight and they were unable to find a good chance to score.

Time flies. Fast forward to the final ten minutes of the game, and the Spanish attack, bent on settling the battle in regulation time, was even more ferocious.

In the 38th minute of the second half, Spain launched an attack from the middle, Iniesta broke through the outside of his right foot in the middle to divide the ball, and the football was like a sharp blade, cutting through the Paraguayan back line and going straight into the penalty area!

Pedro flew forward and fired a right-footed shot from 11 meters from goal on the right side of the penalty area!

The ball goes past Villar's 10-finger mark and towards the far corner!

"Pong! ……”

The ball hits the inside of the left post and bounces back into the field!

Villa took two steps forward. Stopping the bouncing ball, Villar quickly pounced on the Spanish striker!

Villa's right foot curled the ball!

Football flies over Villar's fingers again!

"Pong! ……”

The soccer ball hits the post again!

Fate seemed to play a joke on the Spaniards, as the ball hit the inside of the post and flew towards another goalpost!

Villa looked nervously at the football. At this time, he could do nothing but hope that the god of luck would be on the side of Spain.

"Pong! ……”

The third time the football hit the post......

This time, though, luck was on the side of Spain, after the ball hit the post three times in a row. Finally the net!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0!

Spain breaks the deadlock!

Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium was turned into a world of joy by Spanish fans, and the Spanish national television commentator blurted out: "Kill! It's definitely a lore! ”

Villa is also second behind Wang Rui with five goals.

Paraguayan fans are saddened even more. The heart was full of despair, their team's attack power was not strong, and the time was only about ten minutes.

After the resumption of the game, Paraguay poured out of the nest and launched a frantic comeback against Spain.

However, their strength is limited, and the Spanish defense is too strong, they have returned again and again in vain. At the end of the fourth minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

British Sky TV commentator Kent proudly said: "Paraguay has no players like Wang, so they can only regret falling at the feet of the Spaniards!" ”

Paraguay failed to defend the honor of American football, with all four American teams wiped out and the semi-finals turned into an intra-European battle.

Before the World Cup, many media were speculating whether it was the South American team or the European team that won the World Cup in South Africa?

Now the mystery is revealed, and the World Cup winners in South Africa will be European teams.

With the end of this match, the semi-finals are all produced, and the semi-final matchups are: England vs Netherlands in the first half, Germany vs Spain in the bottom half.

Germany and England have both won the World Cup in the semi-finals, while the Netherlands and Spain have not. Will former World Cup winners Germany and England meet in the final, or will the Netherlands and Spain reach the final, and the World Cup will produce a new champion?

There was a lot of talk in the media.

The British media are more optimistic about the final between Germany and England, with the Daily Mirror saying: "The two former World Cup winners have more experience in the competition, and England are more confident after withstanding the rigors of Uruguay.

Germany's consistent form at the World Championships, combined with the talent of these players, was enough to support them in beating Spain to reach the final. ”

"It's hard to guess the outcome of the two semi-finals, the Netherlands are on high morale after the victory over five-star Brazil, while England, who have endured a tough test, are not at all behind the Netherlands in terms of morale," said the Italian newspaper Milano Sport.

In terms of overall strength, England have a slight advantage, but it is often the details that determine the outcome of a football game, and who can guarantee that the team will not be out of trouble in the tense semi-finals?

England stood out in this regard, with Green's low-level mistake in the opening game, and in the quarter-finals, Ashley Cole's mistake forced John Terry to make a tactical foul, leaving England with one less man to play for more than 60 minutes.

If they happen again in the semi-finals, they can only rely on Wang to show another performance that shocked the world. But will the Dutch give the king room to play?

This newspaper believes that the Netherlands has a better chance of reaching the final.

The outcome of the match between Germany and Spain is equally difficult to guess, with the attacking power of the German tanks being astounding, having scored four goals in three games, while Spain have scored a lot worse than the Germans.

If you take into account the experience and mental qualities of the tournament, the Germans have a better chance of winning. The Spaniards, who reached the semi-finals for the first time, will struggle to beat the Germans unless they use their possession skills to the extreme. (To be continued.) )