Dozed off again and woke up at 5am. Somehow, I think RTM1 channel live telecast screwed up and the match is actually just starting on RTM1 with the playing of the team song anthem. Delayed telecast. Good for me as couple hours of sleep was badly needed.
On the game, Paraguay should have wrapped up this game but they have a good goal being disallowed. Nelson Valdez was the scorer but the linesman raised his flag. The replay showed Valdez was onside in fact. Never mind about disallow goal. Paraguay was playing well as a team. They got a penalty in the 2nd half through a clumsy Nelson Pique foul. Paraguay was damn cool during their penalty shootout with Japan but Cardoso effort was a poor one which Casillas easily stopped. Right after the Paraguayans missed their spotkick, Spain were awarded a soft penalty which Zabi Alonso converted on his first attempt but the referee ask the kick to be retaken due to Spanish players entering the box prior to the kick being taken. Alonso cracked under pressure and the Paraguyan goalie made a good save. As the match progresses, the Paraguayan took off the impressive Nelson Valdez, i never understand this decision. Off came Santa Cruz, I didn't rate him for his performances in this tournament.
Paraguay paid the price for their penalty miss as Iniesta created a goalscoring chance for Pedro to hit the Paraguyan post before the tournament top scorer Villa scored from a pinball shot. That goal put the Spainish into the semi-final. The most over-rated team in my opinion has reached the World Cup Semi-final. The bloody English commentator for the match on RTM1 was damn biased towards Spain. He's seem more anxious for the game to end & Spain to win when it went into injury time. Lousy biased commentary. My dream final of a Uruguay vs Paraguay final is half gone now.
Ok, very fast typing, got to leave to pick up the soccer lads for the fulsal competition at 8.30am. The weather doesn't look good.
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