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Continue to elect the Spanish football journey of searching for his first world title by confronting the upcoming Saturday at the Stade de "Alice Park" in Johannesburg with Paraguay in the quarter-finals in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.



Would not be strange to run in coach Vicente del Bosque coach champions of Europe this match which is part of a thinking game expected in the semifinals of the tournament where he will meet, if qualified for the box gold, with the winner of the elected German and Argentine, who meet tomorrow, also in the role of quarter-finals.

It seems the Spanish national team is the strongest candidate to win in tomorrow's game against Paraguay, with no great trouble.

However, Del Bosque / 59 years / said that his team will not underestimate the Bmentb Paraguay. "The match against Paraguay will be the same difficulty the rest of the games we've played so far. We expect to face a team characterized by defensive performance we will try to overcome through the counter-attack."

Paraguay, and qualified to the knockout stage after he issued his first round of the championship although they included elected Italian. Paraguay and then made his way to the quarter-finals after victory over his Japanese counterpart on penalties in the first knockout round tie after a negative over the original time and overtime during the match, Pretoria.

The Argentine striker Lucas Barrios parent star Paraguay "We're trying to keep our nerves and we know that we still have some work .. It is a unique experience for us in the World Cup. We are among the best eight teams in the world."

He admitted his colleague Nelson Haedo Valdez that the Spanish national team will play the game the most likely candidate, of course, but said that Paraguay will not give up quickly. Valdez said, "We will do everything we can to Paraguay .. If we do not do anything else (to qualify for the gold box), will cause them trouble and Snasibhm stress in the semi-final."

The better the participation of Spain at the World Cup through World Cup 1950 when disbanding of the Group IV. If he has the win over Paraguay will guarantee at least the equation of this achievement.



Villa scored the winning goal 1 / zero for the Spanish team win over Portugal in the knockout despite solid defense for the Portuguese national side.

VIA hopes to repeat that against Paraguay, which relies led by Argentine coach Gerardo Martino style defense more than the spirit of adventure.

It is also expected to continue to Del Bosque confident in the other striker Fernando Torres Liverpool star although he has not been able to score a goal or completing ninety minutes in any of the matches played with the team in this tournament.

Torres also seemed very far from the level of the game against Portugal in the knockout round of the tournament to replace Del Bosque.

It is clear that Torres is still in the stage of recovery and recuperation after the operation carried out by that kept him out of action for some time before this tournament.

Torres and enjoys the full backing of his Villa. , Said Villa's new signing Barcelona, "which you can only blame directed him (Torres) is not to score goals."

Continue to elect the Spanish football journey of searching for his first world title by confronting the upcoming Saturday at the Stade de "Alice Park" in Johannesburg with Paraguay in the quarter-finals in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Gerardo Martino admitted coach Paraguay said Thursday that his team need to improve and develop performance if he wants to achieve its goal of reaching the quarter-finals for the World Cup football for the first time in its history.

Martino stressed that his team did not play well in the match draw with New Zealand on a negative at the end of confrontations Group F World Cup South Africa, but noted that Paraguay has achieved its goal of reaching the last sixteen at the head of the group.

And Paraguay meet with the squad in second place in Group E, in Pretoria on Tuesday, Martino explained that the knock-out match is probably the easiest of the game that took place in Polokwane.

The "It's a knockout, you realize you either continuous or out, but today (Thursday) the situation was different."

It was Paraguay, which plays in the World Cup for the eighth time, but has never passed the quarter-finals, is the better side but did not begin the implementation of serious attacks just before the end of the game.

The Martino that the game was very strange and different, "because we were not allowed us to do anything wrong," he said to the players entered the game and they think to win this match and at the same time are worried sense of fear, "because you are a single attack has right-handed against you view and then to be the lead does not qualify to the second round. "

Martino noted that the pitch, semi-synthetic did not help his team.

"I do not want to make excuses, we did not Trkin and largely Dqiqiin, the pitch can help or not help, the pitch was very fast, because there are between 25 and 30 percent of synthetic fibers."

"I did not plays one well everyone suffered tension, in the second half our pressure is greater than the first half, the best part of this game is we qualified."

Striker Roque Santa Cruz, winner of man of the match, the team achieved its goal of reaching the knockout round.

Gerardo Martino admitted coach Paraguay said Thursday that his team need to improve and develop performance if he wants to achieve its goal of reaching the quarter-finals for the World Cup football for the first time in its history.

Martino stressed that his team did not play well in the match draw with New Zealand on a negative at the end of confrontations Group F World Cup South Africa, but noted that Paraguay has achieved its goal of reaching the last sixteen at the head of the group.

And Paraguay meet with the squad in second place in Group E, in Pretoria on Tuesday, Martino explained that the knock-out match is probably the easiest of the game that took place in Polokwane.

The "It's a knockout, you realize you either continuous or out, but today (Thursday) the situation was different."

It was Paraguay, which plays in the World Cup for the eighth time, but has never passed the quarter-finals, is the better side but did not begin the implementation of serious attacks just before the end of the game.

The Martino that the game was very strange and different, "because we were not allowed us to do anything wrong," he said to the players entered the game and they think to win this match and at the same time are worried sense of fear, "because you are a single attack has right-handed against you view and then to be the lead does not qualify to the second round. "

Martino noted that the pitch, semi-synthetic did not help his team.

"I do not want to make excuses, we did not Trkin and largely Dqiqiin, the pitch can help or not help, the pitch was very fast, because there are between 25 and 30 percent of synthetic fibers."

"I did not plays one well everyone suffered tension, in the second half our pressure is greater than the first half, the best part of this game is we qualified."

Striker Roque Santa Cruz, winner of man of the match, the team achieved its goal of reaching the knockout round.