subject: Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Portugal Looses 1-0 To Spain As Ronaldo Fails To Impress [print this page] Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Portugal Looses 1-0 To Spain As Ronaldo Fails To Impress
Again like before Cristiano Ronaldo failed to live up to his billing as the "world's greatest player" as Portugal went out to Spain in a 1-0 lose. As for Spain though their football hardly excelled beyond having done enough to win and holding out for a victory; they did for the most part manage to control the game. This even though their scoring chances were not all that much more numerical than Portugal's who in all truth created nowhere near the danger in this match as they did in their match against North Korea. Of course taking in to consideration that Spain is a higher quality team yet despite this, it seemed their attack was solely based on hoping that either Ronaldo or Simao would be able to do something to save them. It being a case of Portugal centering in to the Spanish penalty box in search of the lucky bounce or spark or brilliance from Ronaldo which simply did not come.
Spain however managed to score at the 63 minute mark of the match when David Villa, (in what might have been an offside position though not as clear as Tevez's against Mexico) received a pass in the box which allowed him to score of his own rebound of Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo. With this goal the game perhaps should have become more interesting as Spain was leading which meant Portugal would be in a position in which they would have to throw caution to the wind and simply go all out to tie the score.
This however was not the case as Portugal did not come up with either more creativity or initiative that would have allowed them to put any real pressure on the goal defended by Casillas. Spain, for its part seemed content to be up by a goal and simply held on to their lead till the end. Naturally this score meaning passage in to the quarterfinals for the Spaniards while for the Portuguese it meant farewell to South Africa 2010. As for Ronaldo, he again has failed to produce in a major tournament as once more he disappoints. Spain for its part are now left to face Paraguay in the quarterfinals in an attempt to reach the semifinal for what would only be the second time in their history.
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