Paraguay vs Spain Live Streaming
Paraguay and Spain will lock horns at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday, July 3. This encounter will mark the last of the four quarter-final encounters at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The Albirroja qualified third behind Brazil and Chile in the South American zone to reach the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Now both Brazil and Chile have exited from the competition, but the Paraguayans are keen not to let such an agonizing fate hit them. Of course, they’ll be going into Saturday’s match as underdogs – not only because of their low pedigree in World Cup history, but also because of Spain’s gigantesque status as European reigning champions and 2010 FIFA World Cup favorites.
But all those things don’t bother Paraguay the least. Argentine-born striker Lucas Barrios revealed how intimidation had no space within his squad. In a press conference on Thursday, the Borussia Dortmund player declared:
“We respect Spain because they are a strong side. But that respect disappears as soon as we step on the field. That’s exactly what happened against World Cup champions Italy [against whom Paraguay drew 1-1]. But look, Italy are at home, and we are here.”
On paper, Paraguay have lost the battle. But football has shown at multiple occasions that games aren’t played on paper only – which offers the Albirroja with the right to be optimistic. Lucas Barrios concluded:
“Now, our aim is to continue moving forward. We will be up against a strong rival [Spain], but anything can happen in the quarter-finals.”
Surely, anything can happen. After playing 120 minutes of goalless football against Japan in the Round of 16, Paraguay found their way to reach the quarter-finals thanks to Komano’s missed spot-kick in the penalty shoot-outs. Now as statistics reveal that Paraguay have netted only 3 goals in the World Cup so far, anxiety among the team’s supporters has given birth to doubts ahead of the match against Spain who are known to be dominant in every area of the field. However, Coach Gerardo Martino thinks that things should be taken easily.
“People shouldn’t be too hard on our strikers. If they are not scoring, it’s perhaps because balls directed at them don’t arrive too fast.
“Hopefully, our next opponents will allow us to play differently, meaning that it won’t be down to us to dictate the game. Against Spain, we should have more space because the Spanish play to win.”
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