Fifa world cup soccer 2010: The knock out stage thread

[al-Sagar]

feee kick for spain, promising position

[Rabz]

Great tempo indeed....
High voltage so far...

[al-Sagar]

another freekick for potugal .... for ronaldo

[al-Sagar]

oh......... casillas pops out the ball from his hand ..... no damage though

[al-Sagar]

30 mins gone .... goal less ..............

emne koire 120 min goalless hoile ..........

[Rabz]

Half hour..still no goals..
but great football..

[al-Sagar]

shot by XAVI ....... wide

[al-Sagar]

spain are a bit more attacking, portugal happy to sit back and break on the counter

[al-Sagar]

big miss from hugo almeida ...............

[al-Sagar]

40 mins gone ........

looks like 1st half gonna end 0-0

[al-Sagar]

now tiago heads wide ....

[al-Sagar]

BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

"'Portugal aren’t pretty but they are very stubborn.' That’s what Alan Shearer just told me to write anyway, and I can't help but agree. I note that Portugal have 11 men behind the ball - can Spain break them down? 'It might take time but they’re relentless. They just keep chipping away.'"

[al-Sagar]

half time

0-0

[al-Sagar]

BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

"Alan Shearer just told me he would have buried both those Portuguese headed chances before half-time and I have to agree with him (he is sitting next to me after all). Spain might have had the lions' share of possession and created most of the openings but they could easily be behind. As it stands, this game is finely poised at the break, and the Portuguese resistance shows no sign of breaking. In fact, Spain look more likely to crack first."

[al-Sagar]

BBC Sport's Jurgen Klinsmann

"What has surprised me is that after a bright start David Villa has not been in the game. And if he isn't, he should swap sides, because they are doubling up on him on the left now."

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BBC Sport's Alan Hansen

"It's very watchable. Portugal survived a Spanish onslaught at the start, but then the Portuguese came right back into it and had the better of the chances. Also, Iker Casillas has looked very edgy."

[auntu]

It's gonna be a tiebreaker.
No team has the penetration capacity like the Latins. The great Argentina or Brazil.

[al-Sagar]

Spain need to do a lot more than this in order to win the match.
Portugal are just waiting to steal this game on one successful counter-attack

[al-Sagar]

2nd half starts

[magic boy]

almost suicidal goal by carlos puyol

[al-Sagar]

so close ..........................

almost an own goal from Puyol Dada

[al-Sagar]

55 mins ... ...

[al-Sagar]

spain have a SUB ready

[al-Sagar]

SUBS

danny for almeida (portugal)

llorente for torres (spain)

[_Rafi_]

Torres should be replaced.
Edit: he is just replaced :-)