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Spain beat Portugal to progress
David Villa fired Spain into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Iberian neighbours Portugal in Cape Town. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Spain
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90'+3 There it is! All over in Cape Town and Spain march on thanks to David Villa's strike!- 90'+1 Three minutes of added time to be played...
- 90' Replays are inconclusive as to whether he deserved to go... but it's safe to say that Capdevila made the most of it.
89' Costa is shown red! He's off! Portugal end the game with 10 men! It looks like it's for a raised arm on Capdevila as a cross came over...- 88' Danny with a chance! No! Capdevila throws himself at it to make a heroic block!
87' Villa's time is up... he heads off to be replaced by Pedro for the final three minutes....
86' Llorente! Oooh! Again he goes close with a header, but again he's wide of the mark, this time with a glancing effort from around the penalty spot!- 85' Failed to score in their last two World Cup knockout matches – a 0-0 (aet) against England in the quarterfinal and 1-0 defeat to France in the semi-final in 2006.
- 84' Coentrao fires a wayward cross over Casillas's bar...
- 83' Capdevila pushes Ronaldo to the ground, but the ref really isn't sympathetic to the Portuguese cause tonight and he waves play-on!
- 82' Alves clashes with Villa on the touchline... no one sees it though and play continues...
- 81' Ronaldo's still got time for a fancy behind the leg kick... but on the whole, he's done nothing tonight...
- 80' Into the last 10 minutes and here come Portugal... but Ramos breaks up the attack with an important header...
79' Tiago is booked for upending Villa... and he'll miss the next match, should they get through....- 78' Time is running out for Portugal to do something... but Ronaldo's still a peripheral figure.
- 77' Llorente fires on goal now! Great strike and Eduardo is called into action once again! Match image: Villa celebrates his goal
- 75' Fifteen minutes left and Portugal need some inspiration now... time for Ronaldo to step up to the plate, perhaps...
- 74' Yellow card for Alonso after pulling down Mendes - that's Spain's first of the tournament...
- 73' Ronaldo seems to be asking his coach for advice on how they should play now...
- 72' Portugal make another change now... it's a double substitution in fact... Mendes for Pepe and Liedson for Simao...
- 71' Portugal are readying themselves to make another change.
- 70' Ooooh! Ramos with a superb effort as Spain break! But Eduardo pulls off an even better save to deny him!
- 68' Spain have looked good since that substitution... Match image: Llorente replaces Torres
- 67' Alonso goes it late on Tiago in the centre circle... that looks a bad challenge from the Real Madrid man but the ref only gives a free-kick.
- 66' Capdevila makes a decent foray forward... Carvalho rather bruisingly ends his progress and Spain has a free-kick...
- 65' Here come Spain again... Xavi leads the way... but there's no way through this time and in the end the ball finds its way all the way back to the keeper.
- 64' Game on! Portugal will have to come at Spain now and that will leave gaps at the back which Spain are more than capable of exploiting...
63' GOAL! SPAIN LEAD THROUGH VILLA! It's been coming! A lovely interchange of passes involving Xavi and Iniesta sees Villa in on goal... his first effort is repelled by Eduardo, but he makes no mistake on the follow-up! In off the underside of the bar and Spain have their goal!- 62' All of a sudden Spain look dangerous again, just like they did in the opening minutes of the game.
- 61' And then Villa flashes a shot inches wide of the post! Two great chances in quick succession fro the Spanish!
- 61' Ooh! Llorente dives in to reach Ramos's cross with a header on target but he's denied by a great save by Eduardo to keep the score goalless!
- 60' An hour gone and still it's goalless...
- 59' Here comes the Portugal change... Danny comes on to replace Almeida. And Spain make a change too... Torres comes off and Llorente comes on.
- 58' Villa hits the deck looking for a free-kick right on the edge of the box... the ref isn't convinced and Carvalho stands over him and tells him to get up!
- 57' Meireles clips over a decent ball as Portugal break again... Casillas punches clear...
- 56' Xavi again fails to unlock the Portugal defence...
- 55' Simao catches Ramos, who isn't too happy with the challenge...
- 54' The longer this stays like this, the more frustrated Spain are going to get...
- 53' Looks like Portugal are going to make a change soon...
- 52' Portugal counter and Almeida's cross is deflected up over Casillas... it looks like it's going in! But it bounces inches wide of the far post!
- 52' Xavi sends one of those deft clips through of his... looking for Villa... but it ends up in Eduardo's hands...
- 51' Spain build from the back again... Iniesta to Torres to Ramos... but his cross is headed clear by Tiago...
- 50' Puyol goes down heavily looking for a free-kick...
- 49' Spain holding onto the ball early in the second half...
- 48' Almeida goes up with Puyol again... and the decision goes against the Portuguese this time.
- 47' There's a bit of an air of the Switzerland game about this one for Spain... they need to be ultra careful not to be hit on the break...
- 46' No changes to tell you about at the break...
46' Back underway at the Green Point Stadium!- 45'+1 There goes the whistle and it's goalless at the break!
- 45' Just one minute of added time to be played...
- 44' So far so good for Portugal, at least defensively...
- 43' Since Carlos Queiros took charge Portugal have kept 20 clean sheets in 24 matches, including in their last four.
- 42' Look at this! Simao hares through onto a pass... no offside! But Casillas is off his line like a shot to clear any danger!
- 41' But he's back on his feet soon enough and is okay to continue...
- 40' Here come Portugal again... but Alonso puts an end to the move with a solid challenge on Coentrao... he stays down though and replays show why - he gets kneed in the balls and then takes a boot in the face! Ouch!
- 39' Oooh! Another chance for Portugal! Meireles sends over a good ball... Almeida gets his head to it! Wide of the post, but Ronaldo looks annoyed - he was just behind him waiting to head home!
- 38' Puyol and Almeida go up for a high ball... and the Spain defender crumples in a heap... looks like he took a stud to the chest, but he'll be fine.
- 37' Almeida theatrically indicates that Puyol has held him off... and the ref agrees with him...
- 36' Spain build again... Ramos twists inside and out but nothing comes of the move in the end.
- 35' Spain are enjoying more possession at the moment, but with Portugal playing with 10 men behind the ball at times, they're finding it difficult to find a way through.
- 34' Ronaldo again gets no change from the referee... he sits on the turf, looking mighty unimpressed.
- 33' Iniesta and Xavi look to link up to find a way through for Villa... no dice this time.
- 32' granddad pops says: "anyone else notice F Torres is looking like and playing like Cristiano Ronaldo ??"
- 31' Yet if If Portugal win tonight, they will set a new national record for their longest unbeaten streak. They are undefeated in their last 19 international matches since losing 6-2 to Brazil in November 2008.
- 30' Portugal have won only one of their last five World Cup matches - 7-0 against Korea DPR in their second group stage match.
- 29' The Real Madrid-Barcelona rivalry is in full effect tonight, with the likes of Pepe and Ronaldo facing Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pique et al... Image: Puyol and Ronaldo clash
- 28' Ronaldo sets himself in his usual style... he fires on target and Casillas fumbles! But he gets away with it as his defenders bail him out! Cracking effort! That was moving all over the place in the air!
- 27' Coentrao fouled by Alonso and Portugal win a free-kick right in Ronaldo territory... that means 40 yards out, by the way.
- 26' Lovely cross-field ball by Pique... how Manchester United fans must be wishing they'd kept hold of him.
- 25' The Barcelona man sticks it in, but it's easily headed clear by the Portuguese defence.
- 24' Spain win a free-kick and Xavi has a chance to deliver a good ball in...
- 23' Iniesta looks to slide in a pass to Torres... but Eduardo is there again to claim!
- 22' Ronaldo drags a weak shot wide of the mark.... that's not what you expect from the 'best player in the world'.
- 21' Chances at both ends so far... great to watch!
- 20' Oooh! Best chance for Portugal on the night as Tiago fires on target from 25 yards! Casillas can only parry the ball into the air... Almeida homes in on it, but Casillas recovers to get it clear!
- 19' Portugal are one of two teams who kept a clean sheet in all three group stage matches - the other is Uruguay. If they keep a clean sheet in their Last 16 match, Portugal can become the 12th country ever to achieve this in a single World Cup.
- 18' Ronaldo has a pop at goal from a free-kick, 30 yards out... it bounces before it reaches Casillas, but the Real Madrid keeper has no problems...
- 17' Replays show Ronaldo to have had a point... Ramos did appear to trip him up...
- 16' Ronaldo pouts as the ref refuses to award him a free-kick....
- 15' Iniesta plays a rare wayward pass, straight through to Eduardo...
- 14' Torres looks to get on the end of another cross into the box... but it's over this head this time....
- 13' Spain are the only team that has not yet received any card in the 2010 World Cup. In total, they have not received a single card in their last six matches in all competitions, since Sergio Ramos was booked in their 2-0 friendly win in France on March 3.
- 12' Ooh! That's not a bad effort on the turn by Xavi! He nearly catches out Eduardo with a first time effort, but it goes over the bar in the end!
- 11' Two years ago today, Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the 2008 European Championship Final in Vienna -Fernando Torres scored the goal.
- 10' Here goes Ronaldo for the first time... he opts to send over an early cross... but it's too far for Almeida and Casillas claims.
- 9' The corner is cleared by Simao gets it back into the box... Ronaldo leaps but he's flagged offside.
- 8' Down to the other end and Portugal win a corner... it comes across and four Spain players get in a bit of a tangle before it runs all the way through for another...
- 7' VILLA AGAIN! Best effort of the night so far! He cuts inside and lets fly! Again Eduardo is forced into making a smart save!
- 7' Ronaldo's control lets him down and jeers of derision ring out from the stands...
- 6' Cracking start by Spain so far... they're well up for this one.
- 5' Villa looks to get to the by-line... and he wins a corner off Ricardo Costa...
- 4' Already this one is more exciting than the day's early kick-off between Paraguay and Japan.... Paraguay beat Japan in shoot-out (after dullest game ever)
- 3' Villa now lets fly on target! And again Eduardo is forced into making a save!
- 2' Hector Baldassi is the oldest referee at the 2010 World Cup (44 years, 24 months and 5 days).
- 1' Torres stings the palms of Eduardo with a cracking effort with not even a minute on the clock! The Liverpool man cuts inside and lets fly, but that's an equally good save!
- 1' Spain in their traditional red shirts and blue shorts... Portugal are in white shirts and green shorts.
1' Here we go! Spain get us underway in Cape Town!- 19:27 This could well be a classic... so many great players on show...
- 19:25 Out come the teams into the Green Point Stadium... Spain's anthem first.
- 19:20 Weather report... it's been tipping it down all day in Cape Town... should make things interesting.
- 19:20 Spain have won one of their last 10 matches against Portugal stretching back 52 years - a 3-0 friendly victory in Guimaraes in September 2003.
- 19:15 This is their first ever meeting in the World Cup. They have met two previously in major competitions - drawing 1-1 in the second group stage at the 1984 European Championships and Portugal winning 1-0 in the group stage at the 2004 European Championships - Nuno Gomes scoring the only goal in Lisbon - this was the last ever meeting between these countries.
- 19:10 Spain and Portugal have met 32 times in international football. Spain winning 13, Portugal seven and there have been 12 draws.
- 19:05 Spain coach Vicente del Bosque sends out the same starting team as in the 2-1 win over Chile. Midfielder Xabi Alonso has recovered from the sprained ankle he picked up in that match to start against the Portuguese.
- 19:00 Portugal striker Hugo Almeida and winger Simao Sabrosa are back in the starting line-up. Almeida's inclusion, ahead of poacher Liedson, means Cristiano Ronaldo, who played in the middle of the attack in the final group game against Brazil, can move back to one of the flanks. Simao replaces Danny, who has been struggling with the thigh injury he picked up late in the 0-0 draw against Brazil.
- 18:55 Tonight's referee is Hector Baldassi (Argentina).
- 18:50 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 /// Portugal: 1-Eduardo; 2-Bruno Alves, 21-Ricardo Costa, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 15-Pepe, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida.
- 18:45 European champions Spain meet neighbours Portugal in a hotly-anticipated Iberian derby in Cape Town with a World Cup quarter-final place against Paraguay at stake.
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Summary
- 89' Costa is shown red! He's off! Portugal end the game with 10 men! It looks like it's for a raised arm on Capdevila as a cross came over...
- 86' Llorente! Oooh! Again he goes close with a header, but again he's wide of the mark, this time with a glancing effort from around the penalty spot!
- 77' Llorente fires on goal now! Great strike and Eduardo is called into action once again! Match image: Villa celebrates his goal
- 70' Ooooh! Ramos with a superb effort as Spain break! But Eduardo pulls off an even better save to deny him!
- 63' GOAL! SPAIN LEAD THROUGH VILLA! It's been coming! A lovely interchange of passes involving Xavi and Iniesta sees Villa in on goal... his first effort is repelled by Eduardo, but he makes no mistake on the follow-up! In off the underside of the bar and Spain have their goal!
- 61' And then Villa flashes a shot inches wide of the post! Two great chances in quick succession fro the Spanish!
- 61' Ooh! Llorente dives in to reach Ramos's cross with a header on target but he's denied by a great save by Eduardo to keep the score goalless!
- 52' Portugal counter and Almeida's cross is deflected up over Casillas... it looks like it's going in! But it bounces inches wide of the far post!
- 39' Oooh! Another chance for Portugal! Meireles sends over a good ball... Almeida gets his head to it! Wide of the post, but Ronaldo looks annoyed - he was just behind him waiting to head home!
- 28' Ronaldo sets himself in his usual style... he fires on target and Casillas fumbles! But he gets away with it as his defenders bail him out! Cracking effort! That was moving all over the place in the air!
- 20' Oooh! Best chance for Portugal on the night as Tiago fires on target from 25 yards! Casillas can only parry the ball into the air... Almeida homes in on it, but Casillas recovers to get it clear!
- 12' Ooh! That's not a bad effort on the turn by Xavi! He nearly catches out Eduardo with a first time effort, but it goes over the bar in the end!
- 7' VILLA AGAIN! Best effort of the night so far! He cuts inside and lets fly! Again Eduardo is forced into making a smart save!
- 3' Villa now lets fly on target! And again Eduardo is forced into making a save!
- 1' Torres stings the palms of Eduardo with a cracking effort with not even a minute on the clock! The Liverpool man cuts inside and lets fly, but that's an equally good save!
- 18:50 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 /// Portugal: 1-Eduardo; 2-Bruno Alves, 21-Ricardo Costa, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 15-Pepe, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida.
Team Line-up & Ratings
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
- I. Casillas
- S. Ramos
- G. Piqué
- C. Puyol
- J. Capdevila
- S. Busquets
- X. Alonso
- A. Iniesta
- Xavi
- D. Villa
- F. Torres
Subs
- C. Marchena
90′ - J. Reina
- C. Fábregas
- J. Navas
- R. Albiol
- F. Llorente 59′
- Víctor Valdés
- &. Arbeloa
- D. Silva
- J. Martínez
- J. Mata
- Pedro 88′
Starting line-up
- Eduardo
- Ricardo Costa
- R. Carvalho
- Bruno Alves
- F. Coentrão
- Pepe
- Tiago
- Raul Meireles
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Simão
- H. Almeida
Subs
- Paulo Ferreira
- M. Veloso
- D. Fernandes
- Beto
- Deco
- Miguel
- P. Mendes 72′
- Duda
- Danny 59′
- Liedson 72′
- Ruben Amorim
- Rolando
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David Villa - Spain
Villa continued his incredible international scoring run and provided the breakthrough Spain so badly needed.
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