Finally we have a full picture of all the participants to the World Cup semi-finalist. After 83 agonysing minutes, Spain manage to score through David Villa shot. It was a rain of yellow cards as the referee Carlos Batres is famous for that. He is nick-named “5 cards” giving in more than 80% of his matches 5 more yellow cards. The home team have had 41% of possession compared to the away team’s 59%.
Between minutes 59′ and 62′ the stadium was on fire. First, Paraguay gets a penalty kick and O. Cardozo misses. Spain goes on counterattack and also obtain a free kick from 11 meters. Xabi Alonso takes the penalty, but the referee orders it to be retaken after seeing an infringement. At the second try the south-american keeper block the ball and saves his team. It was absolutely insane! It was not easy, but Spain goes to Johannesburg to play the semi-final against Germany, on 5th of July.