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Chapter 626 Chapter [060] - The birth of the top eight - [Today's third update]

As soon as the game started, Torres and Villa took turns to try to attack the goal on the left side of the penalty area, and both caused Eduardo to drop the ball, but the goalkeeper who did not concede a goal in the group stage was not further threatened.

In the 7th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate on the left, Villa broke into the penalty area and tried to hit a close corner from a small angle. The ball flew towards the gate of the Portuguese national team like a sharp arrow. Eduardo fell to the ground again amidst the exclamation of the fans and saved the ball.Withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of the opponents in the opening game, Portugal, which gradually slowed down, began to organize an offensive, but Xavi, who took the corner kick in the 12th minute, alertly sent a low ball to the front point, and Torres directly half-turned and volleyed slightly higher, which shocked the fans and the Portuguese national team goalkeeper Eduardo in a cold sweat.

So far in the game, Portugal still focuses on defense, while Spain focuses on midfield control, supplemented by crazy offense, suppressing the Portuguese national team.

However, in the 20th minute of the battle, Portuguese left-back Coentrao stepped in and instigated a surprise attack. He continued to accelerate and break through the defenders of the Spanish national team on the wing, came near the bottom line of the wing, and then made an inverted triangle pass back, passing the ball to the front of the penalty area.Immediately, the fans of the Spanish national team exclaimed. Thiago appeared at the front of the penalty area and shot from a long distance.

However, at this time, Portugal's Almeida tried to follow up and reach the top, which caused the Spanish fans to hug their heads and exclaim.Fortunately, the Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas reacted quickly and took the first step to save the danger in front of the goal line.The offensive of the Portuguese national team has also gradually risen.

Eight minutes later, Ronaldo shot directly from a free kick from 8 meters away, and his club teammate Iker Casillas almost made a big mistake.In the subsequent game, Spain formed a half-court siege, but there were not many ways to deal with Portugal's iron barrel formation. On the contrary, Portugal's 37th minute cross from the side was very threatening. Almeida jumped high and missed the header.

Portugal's counterattack continued. In the 42nd minute, C. Ronaldo made a through pass in the midfield. Spanish central defender Puyol couldn't turn around and let Simao of the Portuguese national team pass.

One-handed!

The Portuguese national team single-handedly, Iker Casillas immediately rushed out and rushed towards Simao. Seeing Iker Casillas attacking, Simao directly kicked and pushed the far corner, but the ball was miraculously resolved by Casillas.The Spanish fans didn't realize it, and just 1 minute later, Cohentrau's cross from the left was well placed. Thiago rushed into the penalty area and grabbed the header. Unfortunately, the header missed the left side of the goal. After the first half, the score remained 0:0.

In the first half of the game, although Spain had the advantage of the scene, they firmly held the ball in their own hands.However, the absolute chance of the Portuguese national team is more than that of Spain. Almost every counterattack of the Portuguese national team will bring a fatal threat to the Spanish national team, which has to make Spanish fans start to worry.

Of course, the head coach of the Spanish national team, Bosque, will be busy during the halftime break. He must make some changes, otherwise, if they continue to play like this, it is very likely that they will be attacked by Portugal.

In another battle, neither side made substitution adjustments.The Portuguese national team, which did not have the advantage of the field, was the first to attack. In the 51st minute, Almeida made a quick counterattack and made a pass. The ball hit Puyol's knee and rebounded and almost fell into the far corner of the goal.This shocked Casillas into a cold sweat, but fortunately the ball went slightly wide.

In the next period of time, Portugal made a sudden effort, which made Spain's defense quite tight. Bosque replaced Torres with Llorente in the 59th minute, trying to regain control of the initiative.This substitution also achieved very good results. Llorente had a very good chance just 1 minute after playing.

In the 60th minute, the Bilbao center forward dived to the top after receiving a pass from his teammate from the right. Unfortunately, Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo made a magical save to keep the ball out.Another minute later, the Spanish national team made a comeback. Villa caught the pass from his teammate Xavi, turned around immediately, dunked the Portuguese defender, and suddenly shot at the top of the arc. Eduardo couldn't react in time, but this curved ball brushed the right post and flew out of the baseline. The Portuguese made a false alarm.

In the 62nd minute, Iniesta and Xavi played double stars in front of the penalty area. The midfielder made an exquisite cooperation to tear open the defense of the Portuguese national team. The latter made a wonderful pass from the outside of the goal. After passing Eduardo, he hit the lower edge of the beam and flew into the net, 1-0!

Spain finally broke the deadlock, and this is Villa's fourth goal in this World Cup.

The Portuguese who conceded the ball ignored the crazy Spaniard, and they rushed to the referee of the game frantically. They believed that the ball was offside before Villa shot.The emotional Ronaldo yelled at the referee with a ferocious face, and received a yellow card. The referee insisted on his penalty and the goal was valid.

After conceding the ball, the Portuguese was forced to attack across the board, which gave the Spanish players more space to counterattack. In the 70th minute, Iniesta counterattacked and scored the ball to the right. Ramos entered the penalty area and forced a shot. Eduardo struggled to block the ball from the baseline.In the 77th minute, Villa's long-range shot from outside the penalty area hit vigorously, and Eduardo's diving save kept Portugal's hope of equalizing.

In the final stage, Portugal seemed a little stamina weak, unable to threaten the Spanish gate at all. Instead, Llorente's header slipped out again after receiving a diagonal pass from Villa.In the 88th minute, Portuguese right back Costa elbowed Capdevila in the penalty area and was sent off with a red card. The situation was even more unfavorable for Portugal. 3 minutes of stoppage time was fleeting, Spain 1-0 to seal the victory, they will next compete with Paraguay for the top 4 seats.

After the match between the Spanish national team and the Portuguese national team, Ronaldo burst into tears on the spot, and the Portuguese national team left the field sadly.However, they always believed that the goal of the Spanish national team in this game was offside first, and they were not convinced by the loss.Dare to be convinced or not, Spain's promotion has become a reality.

So far, the competition for the quarter-finals of the World Cup has all ended, and the top eight of the World Cup in South Africa have also been produced. They are Uruguay, Ghana, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Paraguay and Spain in turn.

At the same time, the top four matchup table was also created. They are the Italian national team VS the Brazilian national team at 7:2 on July 16, at Port Elizabeth; at 7:2 on July 20, the Uruguayan national team VS Ghana national team, at Johannesburg; at 7:3 on July 16, the German national team VS the Argentine national team, at Cape Town; at 7:3 on July 20, the Paraguay national team VS Spanish national team.

After the game, a media in Portugal reported such a piece of news: Slow motion showed that Villa's goal was offside, and all parties said that the game was changed by a misjudgment.

They wrote in the article: 1-0, Spain defeated Portugal as it wished and advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa.However, similar to some other knockout matches in this round, Spain's goal in this field is also controversial, and the referee once again became one of the protagonists of this game.

The only goal of the game occurred in the 63rd minute of the game. At that time, Iniesta got the ball in front of the penalty area and went straight. Harvey knocked his heel, and Villa followed up in time. His first kick was saved by Eduardo.

However, judging from the slow motion after the game and the screenshot of the moment of passing the ball, the moment the ball was passed to Villa by Harvey, Villa was already half offside.This can be clearly seen from the screenshots, but considering that the offside was only within a few millimeters, and the assistant referee did not run in time at the time, so the line of sight was blocked by as many as 5 players, such a misjudgment is indeed justifiable.

However, many European media are clinging to this misjudgment.The German media was the first to bear the brunt. In order to prove that the ball was offside, ZDF even slowed down the ball frame by frame. With such strong evidence, most of the German media reported on Villa’s offside goal after the game. “Sports Bild” even ran the headline “Villa defeated Ronaldo’s Portugal with an offside goal”.However, it is clear that the performance of the German media is largely due to the favorable misjudgment of the German team before the reign, and they want people to know that it is not only the German team that has gained cheaply.

The Italian media also expressed the same view on this, and also took out screenshots to prove that the ball was indeed hailed.The Brazilian media, which has always been at odds with the Portuguese media, also stood up this time and expressed their solidarity with Portugal for being eliminated. Many media said that this penalty finally determined the progress of the second half of the game, making the Portuguese gradually lose patience with the game and eventually lost.

As for the Spanish media, they did not turn a blind eye to this. "Aspen" wrote a special article saying that the result of the game was fair. The newspaper said that if Villa's goal was offside, then Torres had a fall in the penalty area in the first half and should have been awarded a penalty.

It's just that such a result can't be changed. Villa and Spain will continue their World Cup journey, leaving Ronaldo and Portugal with only sad tears.

(End of this chapter)