Spain narrowly through

Villa wants to fly to the moon with his strike partner Torres

This is probably the weirdest match I've watched in the tournament so far. There are goals in the match, but it's exceedingly boring at the same time. Spain suddenly turned into Italy of the night as they keep lots of possession but couldn't really penetrate much through the Swedish defence. I find the Swedish more adventurous with their offence. Torres opened the scoring using the sole of his boots to push the ball into the net. Ibrahimovic equalised at the 34th minute when Sergio Ramos could not match the tremendous strength of the striker to close him down. From then on, it's being rather monotonous. Every time the Spanish moved near to the Swedish penalty box, their attack would be snuffed out before they could take a shot. Then, the Swedish will try to counter-attack but the quality is rather bad as the Spanish would similiarly block the shots. Another thing is the high amount of stoppages from fouls. It seemed so irritating that the whistle was blown so frequently. David Villa was relatively quiet UNTIL the very last minute when he pounced on a cross that is missed by Torres to go clear at the Swedish box. No mistakes on the spot as Villa slid in the winner. 4 goals in the tournament for the Spanish marksman.

Hmm..I was wondering if the Nederland match had affected the way I watch the match. Now, it seems that every match had to be played like the Dutch way for it to be fun..lol. Anyways, Spain would most likely avoid Nederland in this case for the quarter-finals..haha. They would be so glad to advance to the next round and need not wait anxiously until the last match for a decider. Sweden would feel that they're being robbed at the last minute but they can't really blame anyone for it since the defenders went sleeping at the last few seconds. The proponents of anti-football, Greece is out of the tournament and will not be able to defend their status quo as the 2004 champions. Well, they can't just continue smoking their way through and with old legs in the squad, I don't think they have that much stamina to maintain their parking bus positions. With Spain through, I would also expect them to rest key players in their final match against the Greeks.