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Chapter 510 Chapter 508: Villa self-salvation!

First, four Asian teams were defeated, and then the Saudi referee's law enforcement caused controversy. Who would have thought that Asians would be noticed in this way?
Will there be a red and yellow card battle in the game between Spain and Honduras?
At 21:08 on the evening of the 30st, the battle started at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.

Spain, which has no back road, relied on its strength advantage from the beginning of the game to firmly control football at its own feet.

In the 4th minute of the first half, Spain got a good chance to score. Xavi shot a strong shot from the opponent's penalty area. The football was blocked by the Honduran central defender Figueroa!

Torres flies forward and picks the ball!
Honduras defender Izaregui made a handball foul in a hurry!

Surprisingly, Japanese referee Yuichi Nishikawa refused to award a penalty!
One minute later, Spain made a comeback, Alonso made a precise transfer, Villa made a cross from the left edge of the penalty area, and Torres shot ten meters in front of the goal!
It's a pity that his shot power was too small and was easily confiscated by the Honduras goalkeeper Varadares.

The Spaniard launched a stormy attack on Honduras. In the 7th minute of the first half, Alonso made a direct pass in the opponent's hinterland. Villa controlled the football on the penalty area line, then dodged the shooting angle and shot!
The football flew towards the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball!
Spanish fans saw the hope of scoring.

However, the crossbar became a nightmare for Spanish fans. With a loud bang of "Pong!...", the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline!
The Spanish national TV commentator said after regret: "Spain is getting closer and closer to the goal!"

Sure enough, Spain continued to attack Honduras with high spirits in the next game. In the 17th minute of the first half, Pique launched a long pass in the backcourt and quickly counterattacked.

After Villa got the ball, he forced a breakthrough from the left. He broke through from between Mendoza and Cuevara to the left side of the penalty area!

Cucurbita entered the penalty area, passed the No.3 defender Chavez, and shot ten meters away from the goal!
The football flew past the fingertips of the Honduras goalkeeper Varadares and drilled into the net from the far corner!

The ball is in!
One to zero!

Spain's hard work paid off!

In the next game, Spain completely controlled the rhythm of the field, and Honduras could only play a defensive counterattack.

The game turned into a half-court offensive and defensive practice!

Spain entered the second half with a one-goal lead. After the start of the second half, Honduras, which had no way out, reversed its decline in the first half and launched an attack on Spain.

But in front of the experienced Spanish defense, they couldn't get a shot at all.

In the 6th minute of the second half, Harvey made a successful steal in the opponent's half and immediately launched a quick counterattack.

The Spanish midfielder's brain performed very mediocre in the first game and was criticized by the media after the game.

At this moment, he showed his overall view and accurately passed the football to Navas on the left.

Navas controlled the football from the wing, but he pretended to cross but passed the football back to the penalty area!

This pass made the Honduras defense line in chaos. Villa stepped forward and kicked his foot at the edge of the penalty area to shoot!
The football hit the Honduran full-back Chavez, suddenly changed direction and flew towards the right side of the goal!

Honduras goalkeeper Varadares couldn't react at all, he could only watch the football roll into the net!

The ball is in!
Two to zero!
Spain has extended its lead and victory is in sight!
Spain wants to take advantage of the victory to lock in the victory!

In the No.17 minute of the second half, Navas broke into the penalty area on the right side and was tripped by Izagure!
"Tick!..."

The referee blows a whistle, a penalty kick!

Villa standing on the penalty spot, he wants to complete a hat-trick!
"Snapped!……"

Villa pushed and shot, and the football flew towards the right side of the goal. Honduras goalkeeper Varadares made a misjudgment and jumped to his right side!
However, the football went wide of the right post, and Villa missed the chance to perform a hat-trick!
Spain maintained the two-goal advantage until the end of the game. They won this life-and-death battle and kept the chance of qualifying for the group.

Honduras, who lost two games in two games, was eliminated!
The World Cup is so cruel, without strength, you don't even have a chance to be upset.

Villa, who scored twice after the game, was praised by the media. The Spanish World Sports News commented: Villa resumed his appointment with the goal. In the game against Honduras, he scored twice to help the team win. The Spanish team also regained confidence and ended a "mini crisis".

After the silence in the first round of the World Cup, "Cucabac" regained the feeling of scoring goals in the second round against Honduras.He opened the scoring for Spain with a world wave in the 16th minute!

It is worth mentioning that since the 2006-2 loss to Northern Ireland in 3, as long as the Spanish team can score first, it will always win.

In other words, as soon as Villa scored this goal, it was tantamount to helping Spain open the door to victory.

In the game against Honduras, Villa, who appeared on the left, was very active. Although Spain is nominally a double striker, Villa used more inside cuts to find opportunities to score.

No. In the 13th minute, Villan cut and shot, and the ball went wide, giving the opponent a warning.

No.16 minutes, just after Honduras formed a single shot, Spain got a chance.

Villa almost made the goal by himself. He first boldly broke through the defense of the opponent's two players, and then fell to the ground and shot in the face of the No.3 player's defense, breaking the deadlock on the field.

In the case of losing to Switzerland in the first game, which made Spain's football philosophy questioned, Villa's goal not only stabilized the Spanish team's morale, but also restored the reputation of the Spanish team's offensive football!
Marca praised: In the first match with Switzerland, Villa missed the goal, which made him feel very strange.

In the three games before this game, Villa did not score a goal - he failed to score against South Korea, Poland, and Switzerland. Among them, he failed to score a goal against Switzerland, which also made him suffer some doubts.

After all, he is the top scorer of the Spanish team, and he also scored goals in several major competitions, such as the 2006 World Cup, the 2008 European Cup and the first game of the 2009 Confederations Cup, but now, Villa has proved that he is still very reliable.

In the 50th minute, Villa scored twice. At that time, the Spanish team counterattacked. Navas passed the ball to the unguarded Villa in front of the penalty area.

This goal was Villa's fifth goal in the World Cup. Before him, only four Spanish players scored more goals in the World Cup. Butragueno, Hierro, Morientes and Raul all scored 5 goals in the World Cup finals.

As the most trusted striker of Spanish fans, Villa will obviously not be silent in front of the goal for too long.

In the Bosque era, he has scored 25 goals in 22 games, which is close to an average of one goal per game. Moreover, his consecutive non-scoring games have never exceeded 3 games.

After scoring twice in this game, Villa not only became the player with the most goals in the World Cup in Spanish history, but he is only 44 goals away from Raul's 4-goal national team scoring record.

If there is a miracle, it is entirely possible for Villa to tie with Raul after this World Cup.

In the 60th minute, Spain got a penalty kick and Villa took the penalty, but because of too much pursuit of angle, the ball missed the post.

As a result, Villa missed the opportunity to perform a hat-trick. Nevertheless, Villa's data in the Spanish team is still admirable. He played 60 games on behalf of the Spanish team, including 52 starts, and has scored 40 goals!
As the top scorer in the European Cup in 2008, Villa hopes to rebuild his glory in the World Cup in South Africa.Of course, in order to achieve the goal, in addition to individual performance, you have to move forward with the collective.

"The most important thing is that this team is not a team that shines in one or two months, but has three years of success. The team has a football philosophy, and there are players who can implement this philosophy." Villa said in an interview with the media after the game.

"I've never had a quiet summer in my life. In my previous team, there was always another team trying to bring me in in the summer, which added to the pressure. Now, that pressure doesn't exist, which is very beneficial to me, no doubt."

The cooperation with Xavi, Pique, Puyol, Busquets, etc. in the Spanish national team is actually the best tacit training for Villa, and his outstanding performance on the left also makes people feel that he can completely replace Henry in Barcelona!

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