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Friday June 25, 2010 Group Stage: Group H Finished Loftus Versfeld Stadium

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  • Millar 47’

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  • Villa 24’
  • Iniesta 37’

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  1. Spain beat Chile, both progress

    Spain beat Chile, both progress

    Spain claimed top spot in Group H as they beat 10-man Chile 2-1 at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria in their World Cup clash. More

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    Time:90'
    • Chile
    • Spain
    • 90+2' FULL-TIME! Spain claim top spot in Group H as they beat 10-man Chile 2-1 at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria in their make-or-break World Cup clash. Chile prgress to a last 16 encounter with Brazil while the European champions will face neighbours Portugal in the second round on Monday evening.
    • 90+1' Silva has been waiting on the touchline for about three minutes now.
    • 90' Two minutes added time.
    • 89' David Silva is waiting to come on.
    • 88' A rare flurry forward but Fabregas fails to make any contact with the pull back.
    • 87' We have a truce.
    • 86' Spain are not attacking, Chile are not pressing.
    • 85' Chile look poised to join Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in the last 16.
    • 84' Since the current knockout format was introduced, no more than four South American teams have made it past the group phase in a single World Cup.
    • 83' Match Image Chile's Mauricio Isla and Spain's David Villa
    • 82' The match has dropped to testimonial pace.
    • 81' Chile have not seriously tested Casillas since their goal.
    • 80' Still goalless in Bloemfontein, a two-goal swing is needed to deny Chile. Switzerland v Honduras: LIVE
    • 79' Spain have won their group in each of their previous two World Cup appearances. They are on course for their fifth group victory in total.
    • 78' Iniesta high, wide and not very handsome with his 25-yard effort.
    • 77' Casillas is captaining Spain for the 50th time, equalling the Spanish national team record of 50 by fellow goalkeeper Zubizarreta.
    • 76' Paredes goes for the 25-yard curler but it's a long way wide of Casillas' goal.
    • 75' Martinez's cross is deflected into the arms of Bravo.
    • 74' Martinez was the biggest surprise in Del Bosque's final squad, he was preferred to Villarreal's Marcos Senna. A silky, yet combative player.
    • 73' Spain make a second change as Javi Martinez replaces Xabi Alonso.
    • 72' Villa's cross for Xavi just has too much pace.
    • 71' Ramos looks to get to the by-line but is crowded out.
    • 70' No country that lost its first group match has ever won the World Cup. Spain, who lost their opener against Switzerland, will be looking to change that.
    • 69' Xavi's delivery headed away by Medel.
    • 68' Villa forces Spain's fourth corner.
    • 67' Surprising move that as Sanchez has been a real livewire.
    • 66' Chile's final change as Sanchez is replaced by Fabian Orellana.
    • 65' Again good last-ditch defending from Mauricio Isla as Villa was honing down on goal.
    • 64' Ponce gifts the ball away near his own goal and Iniesta gets to the by-line but Chile smuggle clear.
    • 63' Great anticipation by Ponce to deny Villa a certain goal, a superb last-ditch tackle.
    • 62' Still goalless in Bloemfontein, a two-goal swing is needed to deny Chile. Switzerland v Honduras: LIVE
    • 61' Fabregas in the heart of the action again but Villa can't control his precise through ball.
    • 60' Villa has been directly involved in Spain's last 5 goals at the World Cup.
    • 59' Fabregas dinks the ball into Villa in the box but he fails to make contact with his attempted back heel to Iniesta.
    • 58' Great run from Sanchez but his cross is just over the head of Paredes.
    • 57' Fabregas and Xavi exchange passes but Medel again is there to repel the danger.
    • 56' Only once in history have Spain have lost a match after going 2-0 up. In '90 they lost a friendly vs Austria 3-2 after leading 2-0.
    • 55' Fabregas immediately on the charge but Medel comes across on the cover.
    • 54' Match Image Spain's second
    • 53' Torres hasn't looked fit and is being replaced. On comes Cesc Fabregas.
    • 52' Paredes' flailing arm catches Carles Puyol, a free kick but no further censure.
    • 51' Bravo down and safely holds Villa's cross-cum-shot from the left.
    • 50' Chile's only knockout phase appearance on foreign soil was 1998, when they survived their group in spite of drawing all three group matches.
    • 49' That means even if Switzerland score then Chile will still go through courtesy of more goals scored.
    • 48' GOAL CHILE! What an impact from Millar whose 20-yard chip takes a wicked deflection off Pique and loops over Casillas into the net. Game on!
    • 47' Sanchez gets to the by-line and pulls back to Millar who completely misses his shot.
    • 46' Esteban Paredes replaces Valdivia and Rodrigo Millar is on for Gonzalez at the start of the second-half.
    • 45+2' HALF-TIME!! Spain two-up and facing 10-men, they are on course for the last 16 despite their hiccup against the Swiss.
    • 45+1' Ponce treads on the ankle of Xabi and he has also already seen yellow. Chile could have been down to nine.
    • 45' Two minutes of added time.
    • 44' While Chile have received four yellows, Spain are the only team that has not yet received any card in the 2010 World Cup.
    • 43' Sergio Ramos is playing like a right winger, pushing Beausejour back towards his own goal.
    • 42' Spain have won their last eight international matches facing a side from South America.
    • 41' Match Image Villa celebrates
    • 40' Chile protested hard about Estrada's expulsion, he wasn't even looking at the Liverpool striker when the legs tangled.
    • 39' As it stands Chile would qualify but that would change if Switzerland score against Honduras.
    • 38' RED CARD! And Chile are down to 10 men as Estrada receives a second yellow card for a tangle of legs with Torres in the build-up to the goal. The referee considered that it was a deliberate trip.
    • 37' GOAL SPAIN!! Iniesta makes it 2-0 with a calm sidefoot into the bottom corner. Villa down the left flank and he pulls back to the midfielder who opens up his body and dispatches the ball past Bravo.
    • 36' Chile taking a few chances at the back and Torres is levered off the ball by Arturo Vidal but no penalty.
    • 35' A breathtaking counter-attack from Chile and Pique does superbly to get a foot in, just as Beausejour is about to pull the trigger. It deflects wide for a corner.
    • 34' Spain win their second corner and Xavi's delivery is met by an unmarked Pique but he heads over from eight yards.
    • 33' Iniesta draws players in and finds Villa who feeds Torres but his first touch in the penalty area is clumsy and Chile clear.
    • 32' Spain have won their previous 39 international matches in which they have scored first. Bad omen for Chile.
    • 31' Gonzalez has a drive but it hits Busquets.
    • 30' Chile win their second corner but Xabi heads clear once more.
    • 29' Estrada's free-kick from the right headed away by Xabi.
    • 28' Villa's 25-yard free-kick is still rising. A long way over.
    • 27' Estrada slides in on Iniesta late and is very, very lucky not to get a second yellow card.
    • 26' Villa now usurps Raúl, Emilio Butragueño, Fernando Morientes and Fernando Hierro as Spain’s all-time World Cup top scorer. That quartet had scored five times at the World Cup, Villa now has six.
    • 25' GOAL SPAIN!! David Villa scores from 45 yards! Bravo needlessly comes racing off his line to deal with a long ball and Barcelona's new signing dispatches the follow-up into the empty net, even through he's virtually standing on the left touchline.
    • 24' Good clearing header by Gerard Pique, facing his own goal.
    • 23' Beausejour blocked off by Sergio Ramos and Chile will get a chance to put the ball into the penalty area.
    • 22' David Villa has been a virtual by-stander in the opening quarter but he gets to the by-line only for his cross to be caught by Bravo.
    • 21' Busquets taken out from behind by Estrada and that is a third Chile yellow card.
    • 20' Still goalless in Bloemfontein. Switzerland v Honduras: LIVE
    • 19' Ponce is booked for a little kick out at Torres, could easily have been more than yellow. He too would miss any second round match.
    • 18' Medel's cross from the right goes over Gonzalez who jumps underneath it at the back post.
    • 17' Iniesta's through ball is cut out by Gonzalo Jara.
    • 16' Medel is booked for a foul on Sergio Busquets and he will miss the last 16 if Chile progress.
    • 15' Sanchez with an audacious chip and Casillas is forced to claw the effort, destined for the top corner, behind.
    • 14' Beausejour gets to the by-line but his cross is cut out by Xabi Alonso.
    • 13' Chile’s best World Cup finish is third place which they achieved in 1962, in a World Cup they hosted.
    • 12' Estrada's long-range effort forces Iker Casillas into a save, low to his left.
    • 11' Spain are cut open, a lovely step over from Beausejour who gets the return pass and he squares to Mark Gonzalez at the back post but he loses his footing and shins his effort wide from close range.
    • 10' Beausejour's cross from the left is cut out by Iniesta.
    • 9' Bravo is one of three Chilean players who ply their trade in the Spanish Leagues, Bravo with Real Sociedad plus subs Humberto Suazo (Real Zaragoza) and Fabián Orellana (Xerez CD).
    • 8' Chile keeper Claudio Bravo gets an early warning for time wasting.
    • 7' Torres sweeps past Waldo Ponce on the left but Alexis Sanchez tracks back to block him off in the Chile penalty area.
    • 6' Early pressure from Spain but Xavi's free-kick is eventually cleared by Medel.
    • 5' Another decent chance for Torres as a long ball eludes Gary Medel but he fires over.
    • 4' Xavi's free-kick is met by Fernando Torres but his header from eight yards is over the top.
    • 3' Marco Estrada looks for Jean Beausejour over the top and Iker Casillas has to be alert to come off his line and claim.
    • 2' South American nations have not lost a match and neither have they trailed in any of their matches at the 2010 World Cup so far.
    • 1' And we are underway!
    • 19:25 Referee Marco Rodriguez of Mexico leads the teams out.
    • 19:20 Chile’s only draw against Spain came in a 1981 friendly in Santiago de Chile. Their most recent meeting was in November 2008 at Villarreal’s El Madrigal when Spain triumphed 3-0. David Villa opened the scoring via a penalty kick and Fernando Torres and Santi Cazorla also scored.
    • 19:15 Their only World Cup encounter dates back to 1950. It was also the first meeting between these two. Spain won 2-0 courtesy of goals by Estanislao Basora and Telmo Zarra.
    • 19:10 The two nations have met seven times before, including once at the World Cup. Spain are undefeated in the series, having racked up six victories and one draw. Spain have outscored Chile 18-3 in the series.
    • 19:05 This is a matchup between two sides nicknamed ‘La Roja’. The Red versus The Red. Chile are the 'home side’ in this fixture.
    • 19:00 Group explained: Chile will win the group with a victory or a draw. They can also advance with a defeat, but that would depend on the final score in the Switzerland-Honduras match with the Swiss goal difference only two worse. Spain are guaranteed to go through with a victory, they can also advance with a draw if the other match is drawn or Honduras win and even with a loss if Honduras record a narrow victory.
    • 18:55 Jorge Valdivia replaces Suazo while Marco Estrada makes his first appearance of the World Cup as a replacement for holding midfielder Carlos Carmona, who is suspended.
    • 18:50 Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa left striker Humberto Suazo, who is not fully fit, out of his starting 11 and rejigged his formation to give it a slightly more defensive emphasis.
    • 18:45 Del Bosque also decided to deploy strikers David Villa and Fernando Torres in a two-pronged attack for a second straight game as Spain seek the victory that would send them through to the second round to face Brazil or Portugal.
    • 18:40 Spain coach Vicente del Bosque includes fit-again midfielder Andres Iniesta in his starting line-up. Iniesta, whose creativity may be the key to unlocking the Chilean defence, was an unused substitute in Monday's 2-0 win over Honduras after picking up a knock in the surprise 1-0 defeat against Switzerland.
    • 18:35 Teams - Chile: 1-Claudio Bravo; 4-Mauricio Isla, 17-Gary Medel, 3-Waldo Ponce, 8-Arturo Vidal, 11-Mark Gonzalez, 13-Marco Estrada, 18-Gonzalo Jara, 10-Jorge Valdivia, 15-Jean Beausejour, 7-Alexis Sanchez. /// Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa.
    • 18:30 It's make-or-break for Spain as they face Chile in Pretoria with their World Cup status on the line.

  • Summary

    • 63' Great anticipation by Ponce to deny Villa a certain goal, a superb last-ditch tackle.
    • 48' GOAL CHILE! What an impact from Millar whose 20-yard chip takes a wicked deflection off Pique and loops over Casillas into the net. Game on!
    • 38' RED CARD! And Chile are down to 10 men as Estrada receives a second yellow card for a tangle of legs with Torres in the build-up to the goal. The referee considered that it was a deliberate trip.
    • 37' GOAL SPAIN!! Iniesta makes it 2-0 with a calm sidefoot into the bottom corner. Villa down the left flank and he pulls back to the midfielder who opens up his body and dispatches the ball past Bravo.
    • 35' A breathtaking counter-attack from Chile and Pique does superbly to get a foot in, just as Beausejour is about to pull the trigger. It deflects wide for a corner.
    • 34' Spain win their second corner and Xavi's delivery is met by an unmarked Pique but he heads over from eight yards.
    • 25' GOAL SPAIN!! David Villa scores from 45 yards! Bravo needlessly comes racing off his line to deal with a long ball and Barcelona's new signing dispatches the follow-up into the empty net, even through he's virtually standing on the left touchline.
    • 15' Sanchez with an audacious chip and Casillas is forced to claw the effort, destined for the top corner, behind.
    • 11' Spain are cut open, a lovely step over from Beausejour who gets the return pass and he squares to Mark Gonzalez at the back post but he loses his footing and shins his effort wide from close range.
    • 5' Another decent chance for Torres as a long ball eludes Gary Medel but he fires over.
    • 4' Xavi's free-kick is met by Fernando Torres but his header from eight yards is over the top.
    • 18:35 Teams - Chile: 1-Claudio Bravo; 4-Mauricio Isla, 17-Gary Medel, 3-Waldo Ponce, 8-Arturo Vidal, 11-Mark Gonzalez, 13-Marco Estrada, 18-Gonzalo Jara, 10-Jorge Valdivia, 15-Jean Beausejour, 7-Alexis Sanchez. /// Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa.

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  • Chile

    Manager: Marcelo Bielsa

  • Spain

    Manager: Vicente del Bosque

  • Lineup

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    • Starting line-up

      • C. Bravo
      • M. Isla
      • G. Medel Yellow Card
      • W. Ponce Yellow Card
      • G. Jara
      • M. Estrada Red Card
      • A. Vidal
      • M. González Substitution Out (45′)
      • J. Valdívia Substitution Out (45′)
      • A. Sánchez Substitution Out (65′)
      • J. Beausejour

      Subs

      • P. Contreras
      • R. Tello
      • M. Pinto
      • H. Suazo
      • I. Fuentes
      • G. Fierro
      • F. Orellana Substitution In65′
      • R. Millar Substitution In45′ Goal
      • E. Paredes Substitution In45′
      • L. Marín

    • Starting line-up

      • I. Casillas
      • S. Ramos
      • G. Piqué
      • C. Puyol
      • J. Capdevila
      • S. Busquets
      • X. Alonso Substitution Out (73′)
      • A. Iniesta Goal
      • Xavi
      • D. Villa Goal
      • F. Torres Substitution Out (55′)

      Subs

      • C. Marchena
      • J. Reina
      • C. Fábregas Substitution In55′
      • J. Navas
      • R. Albiol
      • F. Llorente
      • Víctor Valdés
      • &. Arbeloa
      • D. Silva
      • J. Martínez Substitution In73′
      • J. Mata
      • Pedro

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  1. england and portugal suk!
    SPAIN VS ARGENTINA FINAL.
    THE­ BEST TWO TEAMS DESERVE TO BE IN THE FINAL!

    From j_ball_4life, on Sun 27 Jun 3:33

  2. The only Spanish player who dives is Torres its becuase­ he got affacted from the premier league.

    From j_ball_4life, on Sun 27 Jun 3:30

  3. too many monkeys here, austrolopitecus

    From sebastian, on Sun 27 Jun 2:58

  4. spain played bad , but they are where they wanted to­ be. chile should thanks to spain cause they could have­ pushed forward and kill them.
    what about villa's­ goal? just shut up and learn.

    From sebastian, on Sun 27 Jun 2:57

  5. LOL GO ENGLAND THEY ROK N R GONA WIN THE WORLD CUP AND­ IN THE FINAL WERE GONA BEAT BRAZIL 777777777777-0

    From Lindsey, on Sun 27 Jun 2:07

  6. For112. You have no idea of "geoploitics":­ Chile is also Spanish speaking + Latinamerican, like­ Mexico. They tend to have sympathy for each other and­ versus the former colonialists Spain. However, it would­ be the other way round if one of the teams wasn't­ spanish speakers. Anyway I think the referee, on the­ whole, had no influence on the final scoring.

    From , on Sun 27 Jun 1:58
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    Torres,Busquetts ,Iniesta are consistent divers.
    Torres­ clearly wanted the other player sent off!

    This world­ cup shows how money corrupt football.
    High paid players­ dont deliver,so they have to try to dive and dive and­ dive!

    From Paul, on Sun 27 Jun 1:39

  8. Yes yes yes, the Spaniards are divers, the Italians are­ cheaters, Ivory Coast are butchers, Portuguese cheaters­ too, English are rubbish, brazilians are­ boring,....Let´s hope for Germany to win this!

    From Wouter, on Sun 27 Jun 1:34

  9. i dont know what you people are all talking about.this­ world cup has been a sham organized by fifa. poor­ officiating is the real thing here.so if spain decided­ to cash on that then its nobody's problem.afterall,­ fabiano scored fro brazil againt ivory coast with his­ hand. and who said spain cant win the world cup?go­ spain!

    From Fasuan, on Sat 26 Jun 22:14
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    i think those team will full points from 3 games will­ not win the World Cup as in like 2006 World Cup

    From Dada, on Sat 26 Jun 19:11

  11. THANKS SPAIN

    From Mohammad Al -, on Sat 26 Jun 19:06

  12. THANKS SPAIN

    From Mohammad Al -, on Sat 26 Jun 19:01

  13. torres a cheater... chile could won this if they have­ 11 player..

    From a, on Sat 26 Jun 18:24

  14. There was no tangle of the legs. Torres dived under no­ contact from Estrada in a deliberate attempt to get him­ sent off. Typical double standards. Everyone is all­ over the Italians but when other teams cheat, dive,­ playact, foul it's ignored especially now that­ everyone is aboard the Spanish bandwagon. Pathetic.

    From Al Bundy, on Sat 26 Jun 13:08
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    england fans wake up ffs your team is @#$% the premier­ league is @#$% thats why english teams dont win f­ all you muppets you are consistant tho always giving­ the rest of uk a good laff. b4 you go on about that you­ qualified etc there are over 50 million of u 9 million­ scots 3 million welsh and 3 million n iron so its not a­ shock also all the refs pander to u

    From Steven, on Sat 26 Jun 12:39

  16. Typical English comments. When a fantastic country­ plays a little less than it should then you criticize.­ Every player on the English team played like they were­ third division substitudes whereas at least Spain,­ although not playing the best, create imagative­ football, that English players can´t even dream of. To­ sum up, English players and tactics have been far­ surpassed by the people that they dislike the most. I­ feel that England should loose and deservedly so.

    From marikita2002, on Sat 26 Jun 12:28

  17. Expecting a Mexican referee not to be biased to Spain­ is like expecting Cyprus not to vote for Greece and­ Latvia not to vote for Russia in the Eurovision Song­ Contest.

    Bottom line: Allocating him Fifa show they­ are incompetent and not fit to run the sport.

    From lowessteven, on Sat 26 Jun 12:26

  18. the spanish dont care if you guys think the game was­ boring. they dont give a @#$%. all they wanted was the­ three points and i thought it was a great idea to keep­ passing the ball in their own half.who cares that you­ guys think the game was "boring". spain won­ and thats all it matters

    From ACM 22, on Sat 26 Jun 12:04

  19. If Torres wasn't diving why didn't they show­ the replay on TV? Obviously not a red card, and it­ might be a conspiracy as well. How many Mexicans­ referee did you see refereeing tonight's game huh?­ Great play from the Chileans. They showed us true­ football spirit. No such thing as giving up although­ playing with a man down.

    From arteyu, on Sat 26 Jun 12:02

  20. Spain sucks.
    Just luck and a favourable ref... their­ players are cowards.
    Go Portugal!

    From jota58, on Sat 26 Jun 11:53
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