The FIFA World Cup Thread #2/Sports Thread #3 For 6/29/10: King David And Spain Rules The Iberian Derby Over Portugal To Advance To The Last 8
Photo from Getty Images and FIFA.com
David Villa and Eduardo should have been left alone for a personal duel with each other, as they were both heads and shoulders the two best players in the match for my eyes.
But it was one way traffic for Spain, as they kept calm and avoided Portugal's dangerous counnterattack, which was never really given a full "You can't miss this opportunity, you have to score that" chance on goal.
One way traffic, and Villa's great persistence off of his future teammates's Xavi and Iniesta's work (with Llorente off the bench for Torres providing great sub minutes) lead to the great team goal despite the great Braga keeper showing how he will get some calls from bigger clubs possibly.
Amazing enough, the fans once again, got it wrong. Thankfully though, they didn't vote for Ronaldo, or that would have been really embarrassing:
The full review.
So, the quarterfinals are set:
Friday: Uruguay vs Ghana
Friday: Brazil vs Netherlands
Saturday: Argentina vs Germany
Saturday: Spain vs Paraguay
The Match Archive:
Iberian hell whole battle!
Photo from Getty ImagesLineups:
Portugal: Eduardo, Bruno Alves, Carvalho, Ronaldo, Simao, Pepe, R Meireles, Almeida, Tiago, R Costa, CoentraoSpain 3, Portugal 0, in the Iberian warfare.
Spain: Casillas, Pique, Puyol, Iniesta, David Villa, Xavi, Torres, Capdevila, Alonso, Ramos, Sergio
1st half analysis:
Just check the first half starts, and you will see that Spain of course had the ball and were in the final third of the field more.
And you have to give Carlos Queiroz credit here, he has put all of his forwards on the field, and has played his best lineup. And in this game, his conservative ways are okay, because they have shown enough quality the rest of the way when they have gotten forward, especially Coentrao.
It will be an enthralling second half.
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