This wasn't a fluke, Spain won 1-0 because they're a better team than Portugal. My three favorite teams are all out (Portugal, England and U.S.) and they were all deserved exits. You can only defend so much, you have to be able to score when you play a top team like Spain and for the most part, Portugal didn't even make Iker Casillas work too hard even though he looked shaky in the first half.
Final stats:
Spain Portugal
18(8) Shots (on Goal) 9(3)
13 Fouls 18
6 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 3
65% Time of Possession 36%
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
3 Saves 7
Spain will play Paraguay on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals. Everyone and their mother will be picking Spain and David Villa and rightfully so, they shouldn't have any problems with Paraguay.
There are no more matches until Friday when the quarterfinals begin. Don't fret though, Shimer and I will be posting some injury updates and other news before we're back in full force on Friday.
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