With back-to-back victories over strong teams such as England and Argentina, the German team has received widespread praise at home.

The Kicker commented: "As they did four years ago, Germany reached the semi-finals again, and after a perfect start, Loew's players resisted the pressure from Argentina and fought back effectively in the second half, with the Germans taking out the light on Argentina's head.

After the game, under the headline "God's Germany", Bild praised Germany's performance for the game: "It's crazy! 4-0 We send the favourites Argentina home!

4-0！ In Cape Town we don't see Messi and Argentina at all, only the fantasy football of German players. Maradona's hand of God is no longer there, and the German team has made the Argentine team lose its brilliance!

Sports Bild carried the headline "Germany destroys Argentina!" Commenting on the game, the article reads: The four-star journey of the German team continues! Muller, Klose and Friedrich took Germany to the last four. The German team is dreaming of its first world championship trophy since the 1990s.

Eintrachter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung commented: 4-0! What a result Germany won against Argentina! Germany reached the last four of the World Cup with their heads held high, and they continued their excellent performance against England and are now world champions with just two wins away. The German team overshadowed Maradona and Messi, and the victory was perfect!

Der Spiegel commented: The German team relied on a great table xiàn to dismember the Argentine team! Loew led his disciples to sweep the Argentine team away.

Le Monde commented: The Germans have swept Argentina out of the country with a perfect watch, and the German tank is heading towards a fourth world championship trophy. To be able to send the favourites Argentina home in this way. German fans can already start dreaming of the championship trophy.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung commented on the match after the game under the headline "Germany - a dream country": the German team relied on a perfect tactical arrangement to defeat the Argentine team.

Maradona's disappointment is understandable, because this time the Argentine team not only lost the game, but was completely humiliated by the German team, so to speak! After England, Germany once again sent home a favourite.

Marca took the opportunity to compare Messi with Don Jue: The Catalans have always considered Messi the best, but in recent seasons, Don has held him down in all competitions, from La Liga to the Champions League. When it comes to the World Cup, Don is still strong, while Messi ......

Eight goals to help the team reach the semi-finals. Don is the guarantee of the French team's progress. What did Messi do? Five games down. Not a single goal. Where was he in Argentina's crucial quarter-final last night, when Argentina needed him?

was also chased and intercepted by the opponent, and Tang scored two goals. Especially the lore at the last moment. It's heart-wrenching. And Messi disappeared from people's sight.

Great players need to prove themselves in great games, and Don has done it. And Messi still has a long way to go!

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The Germans have been favourites to win the title thanks to their steady performances. After back-to-back victories over England and Argentina, they replaced France as the favourites.

Compared with the German-Arab battle, the match between Spain and Paraguay has attracted much less attention. Because whether it is in terms of fame, strength, experience, and the results of the past two years, Spain has the upper hand.

The only concern is whether Spain will not be able to perform at their level in the tournament as they have in the past.

On the evening of July 3, the final quarter-final will be played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Spain had reached the quarter-finals four times before, finishing fourth in 1950, but instead of a semi-final, the qualifying position was decided by a four-team group stage.

Paraguay qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time, having lost to European sides in their previous three knockout rounds. With just three goals, Paraguay has scored the fewest goals in the quarter-finals since England in 1990, and the strikers have not scored any goals.

The two teams have met three times before, with a 0-0 draw in the 2002 warm-up match and the 1998 World Cup group stage, and Spain won 3-1 in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Spain are unbeaten against South American teams at the World Cup since losing 1-0 to Brazil in 1986. In the quarterfinals, Brazil and Argentina, the two traditional South American powerhouses, were eliminated by European teams. Paraguay is the last hope for the American team.

Before the game, a number of American media encouraged Paraguay: defeat Spain and keep the hope of American football!

At half past eight o'clock in the evening of July 3, the game started on time.

Paraguay started the attack, in the 48th second, Morel threw the ball into the sideline from the left, Cardoso headed the ball, Barreto passed through the middle, and Santana fired a low shot from 17 meters in front of the goal!

A white light shines!

What a Casillas, slamming out and slamming the ball down!

Subsequently, Spain relied on their strong midfield strength to firmly control the football at their feet. In the seventh minute, Villa returned a pass and Alonso volleyed from 25 yards in front of goal, and the ball hit a defender and went wide of the right post.

Spain's attack appeared to be careless, with them constantly passing the ball to find the back of the net, while Paraguay could only threaten the opposition with guò counter-attacks.

Paraguay created a dangerous situation in the 35th minute, Morel curled a long ball from the left, and Santana flew eight meters from the goal at the back point and almost reached it!

A minute later, Spain returned the colours, Xavi split the ball in the middle, and Villa's long-range shot from the left went wide of the near post.

Although Spain were firmly in control of the game, they were unable to find the back of the net and ended the first half 0-0. After a fifteen-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

At the start of the second half, Paraguay launched a wild attack on Spain. In the 57th minute, Barreto took a corner kick from the left side, Cardoso ran to the back point to meet the landing point, and was dragged by Pique's arm and fell to the ground, and referee Bartres decisively pointed to the penalty spot!

Penalty kick!

Paraguay's offense paid off. The Paraguayan fans cheered loudly, while the Spanish fans were chilling. They can only pin their hopes on Casillas.

Sarah on the sidelines? Caponero looked nervously at his boyfriend and prayed in his heart that good luck would come to him.

Cardoso came to the penalty spot with the football in his arms, and he wanted to take the penalty. Oscar? Born in 1983 and now playing for Portuguese Super League powerhouse Benfica, Cardoso is 1.94m tall and has excellent technique and header skills, maintaining a very high scoring rate in the Portuguese Super League.

Penalties are an honour and there is also a lot of pressure. With the referee's whistle, Oscar? Cardoso jogged a few steps. A kick on top of a football.

The air in the stadium is tense!

The Spanish fans were hoping that Casillas would save the penalty. And Paraguayan fans want an Oscar? Cardoso can help his team take the lead.

The ball flies to the bottom right corner!

Casillas jumped in front of fans all over the world and held the football firmly in his arms!

Hold on!

Happiness came so suddenly, and the Spanish fans let out a huge cheer. Sarah? Caponero shouted and shouted excitedly.

Held?

Hopes are dashed. The Paraguayan fans let out a huge sigh. Paraguayan coach Martino shook his head bitterly.

So the stadium was intertwined with cheers and sighs.

Casillas didn't cheer on the spot after the pounce. Instead, the ball was thrown right away, and Spain launched a quick counter-attack. As the captain of Real Madrid, he knows the importance of a quick counter-attack. Because Real Madrid often beat the opponent with a quick counter-attack.

Iniesta takes a free kick after being knocked down by Victor Cáceres on the left, Alonso makes a precise pass from the middle line, and Villa bursts into the box and is tripped by Alcaraz behind him!

"Tick! ......" The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot!

Penalty kick!

It's a penalty again!

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

In less than a minute, both sides were awarded a penalty once, which made the history of the World Cup. The air in the stadium began to tense again.

Alonso stood at the back of the football, and the Real Madrid star was in charge.

After the whistle blew "Di ......", Alonso was there in one fell swoop!

While the Spanish fans were raising their arms and cheering, the referee's whistle blew and he signaled that the goal was disallowed and that he would be reinstated. Because he thinks the rest of the Spanish players got into the box early.

Alonso had to stand behind the football again and take the penalty again. Obviously, the pressure of heavy penalties was enormous, and Alonso was affected and the ball was blocked by Villar!

There was a huge cheer in the stadium, which was given by the Paraguayan fans.

There were sighs in the cheers, and that was from the Spanish fans.

But the game went on and Villar saved the football, but it didn't roll off the pitch. Cesc Fabregas followed up on the right side and was about to shoot and was brought down by Villar, but referee Butres didn't say it!

Ramos has a quick eye and a shot!

The football was blocked by the defender in front of the goal line chased back by Paraguay!

Villa missed a penalty in Honduras, and Spain became the first team to miss two penalties in a single World Cup after South Korea in 2002. There has only been one missed penalty kick in a single World Cup game, back in 1930 when Argentina faced Mexico in the first group stage.

ESPN exclaimed: "It was a dramatic game, in less than a minute, both teams were awarded penalties, but neither team scored! ”

The two sides continued to fight fiercely, and the atmosphere in the stadium was tense to the extreme. The fans had to shout to relieve their tension and the players kept encouraging each other.

In the 63rd minute, Iniesta burst into the left side of the penalty area and curled the ball into the far corner from a small angle, which was hit by Villar's flying one-handed shot.

In the 70th minute, Capdevilla knocked back from the left, and Iniesta fired a left-footed shot from 18 meters in front of the goal.

In the 75th minute, Xavi's shot from the edge of the box went wide of the left post.

Some people say that Spain's passing is a lullaby, and when you think he will continue to pass horizontally and back, he is likely to suddenly make a diagonal pass, penetrate the defence, and then cut in the back row to solve the problem with one kick. This style comes from Barcelona, as most of the Spanish midfielders come from Barcelona.

In the 83rd minute, Spain suddenly accelerated the pace of attack, Iniesta broke through the outside of his right foot in the middle to divide the ball, and Pedro's right-footed push shot from 11 meters from the goal on the right side bounced back to the inside of the left post!

The quick-witted Villa stopped the ball eight meters in front of the goal, and the curling ball with his right foot hit the inside of the right post, and then hit the other side of the post and bounced in!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0!

Spain broke the deadlock and saw the dawn of victory. The stadium resounded with loud cheers, and the land of Spain had long since turned into a sea of joy. Thousands of miles away, Paraguay fell into deathly silence.

With the score behind, Paraguay launched a frantic counterattack, and the competition between the two sides heated up. The Lion King Puyol was injured and had to leave early.

In the eighty-ninth minute, Riveros counterattacked with a left-footed direct pass in the midfield, and Barrios burst into the right side of the penalty area and fired a right-footed diagonal shot thirteen meters away from the goal, which was blocked by Casillas!

The alert Santa Cruz fired a right-footed shot from 10 meters in front of goal, and the magical Casillas blocked the football with his right leg!

The game was brutal, with Ramos suffering a head injury in stoppage time and a brief bandage to his return to applause.

With the referee's whistle, the match was over, and Spain beat Uruguay 1-0 to advance to the last four for the second time in their history.

So far, the four teams in the semi-finals have been swept by European teams. The battle between Europe and the Americas has come to an end, and European teams have the upper hand. Some people joked that the World Cup turned into the European Cup! (To be continued......)