subject: Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Spain Beats Chile By 2-1 [print this page] Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Spain Beats Chile By 2-1
Chile despite not needing to win in order to qualify to the next round started off by going forward; in fact creating scoring chances which perhaps they should have put away. Spain however would score a goal against the run of play when 24 minutes in the game goalkeeper Bravo came off his line, outside his own penalty box where much to his and Chile's misfortune; his clearance found Villa. It being Villa who simply lobbed the ball in to an open net to give Spain a 1-0 lead.
Chile however would continue to attack and even come close on one occasion yet it would be Spain, who would get their second of the match. It coming on a fast break 37 minutes in to the match when Iniesta was left unmarked and scored on a play in which Estrada was shown the red card for what appeared to be a collision with a Spanish player. The replay of the collision however shows no contact was made between either player.
Chile at that point was down not only by two goals but playing with 10 men yet it was then that their Argentine coach, Marcelo Bielsa held his team together which adjusted well at half time. Chile even coming back to score a goal which not only brought them within a goal of the equalizer but made it that Switzerland would have to beat Honduras by two goals in order to qualify ahead of them. Chile's goal being scored by Millar just two minutes after the start of the second half. Millar's shot bouncing off a Spanish defender past a helpless Casillas; who was left with no chance. Chile at this point were down by only 1-2 and more importantly had practically assured their passage on to the next round.
The match would end with the score of 2-1 in Spain's favor with both teams going through yet it is in the next round where Chile will take on Brazil while Spain will have to face Portugal. These two promising to be games to look for, one being a South American classic while the second being the first time the two teams from the Iberian peninsula will meet in a world cup.
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