The South African World Cup entered its last critical moment, the British-Dutch war ended, and England was the first to enter the finals.

This game left too much for people to talk about, such as the referee, Wang Rui's side-length volley, the Wolves' Gemini tactical free kick cooperation, such as how serious Wang Rui's injury is, whether he can participate in the final, etc.

But what people care most is another semi-final match that is about to begin. Spain vs. Germany.

Who will enter the finals

From the perspective of overall strength, the two teams are equal and equal in size. Spain is strong in the midfield and backcourt, Germany is strong in overall strength, and there are no obvious loopholes in each position.

Judging from the experience of the competition, Germany clearly has the upper hand, winning three World Cup championships, and this is the first time that Espanyol has reached the World Cup semi-finals.

From a morale perspective, the Germans also clearly have the upper hand. They have scored four goals in three games, especially in the German-Arc battle. They defeated Argentina with a strong victory over Argentina four-to-one, making the whole world optimistic about them.

Espanyol's promotion path seemed very dull, and even lost to the Swiss team in the first game of the group.

Judging from the history of the two teams' World Cup battles, the Germans also have the upper hand.

Germany maintained an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw in the World Cup confrontation between the two teams. The two teams lost only two games in eight matches and the qualifiers. Both games took place in the European Cup, one in 1984 and the other in the 2008 European Cup final.

Therefore, people are more optimistic that Germany will meet England in the final.

But there are other voices in everything. Paul from the Octopus Aquarium in Germany has successfully predicted the right victory of Germany in Australia and Serbia in defeating Ghana and England and Argentina.

All five predictions were correct, maintaining the same 100% hit rate after the five games as in the European Cup in 2008.

Before the semi-finals, the Germans couldn't wait to ask Paul for the octopus again, but this time Paul predicted that Spain would win.

This made many German fans very depressed. Since the success rate of octopus Paul had previously predicted was extremely high, as high as 91. Therefore, many German fans even threatened to kill Paul and stew it.

However, the previous prediction of the Octopus Paul was not 100% and he also made mistakes, which is what German fans hope to see.

In the 2008 European Cup, Paul successfully predicted the right victory and loss of Germany to defeat Poland, Austria, Portugal, Turkey and Croatia. In that cup, Paul only predicted one wrong game, that was the European Cup final.

At that time, Paul predicted that Germany would win the championship, but the final result was: Spain won the championship with Torres's goal.

After this game, Paul, who had debuted for two years, predicted that the success rate of 12 guesses and 11 times in the 2010 World Cup, soared to 92, making him the perfect octopus emperor.

However, it is interesting that all the twelve games of the German team predicted by the Octopus Paul ended up being the winner, and none of them tied, which also improved Paul's prediction success rate to a certain extent.

At 8:15 pm local time on the 7th, South Africa players appeared at the Durban Stadium, where they will decide another final ticket.

In order to cheer for his team, Queen Sofia of Spain came to the scene in person

Beep

At 8:30 pm, with the referee's whistle, the semi-finals between Germany and Spain officially began

Both sides seemed very careful at the beginning, and it was not until the 14th minute that they had their first shot: Xavi took a tactical corner kick, Spain after a series of downs, Iniesta took the ball from the right, and Puyol jumped and rushed to the top seven meters in front of the goal.

Football is above the beam

Five minutes later, Spain made a comeback. Alonso made a long diagonal pass about 50 meters from the left side of the midfield. Ramos unloaded the ball from the right and shot at a small angle thirteen meters away from the goal.

Football misses the post

With its strong mid- and backcourt strength, Spain gradually gained an advantage on the field. The Germans lost their strength to defeat Argentina. They could only take every step, resist tenaciously, and find opportunities to counterattack.

Germany only got its first shot in the 32nd minute. Ram counterattacked from the right and passed a low pass. Trokhovsky shot with his left foot from 27 meters in front of the goal.

Football was blocked from the right post by Casillas

This sets the record for the longest time Germany has waited for its first shot in the World Cup since 1966

From this we can see how strong Spain's midfield and backcourt are, they actually made the Germans set a shameful record.

There were not many exciting scenes in the first half, the scene was dull, and the boring fans even played the game of human waves. In the end, both sides ended the first half with a score of zero to zero in the dullness.

The fans sitting in front of the TV were quite disappointed. This game was much worse than the English-Dutch war.

Sky TV commentator Kent said sarcastically: The two teams added up to less than ten shots in the first half, and the Dutch team did not have as many shots as the Dutch team. The two teams not only disappointed in the number of shots, but also disappointed in the goals. England had already scored two goals at the end of the first half.

Not only that, England's two goals were amazing

Wang's volley from the side was a replica of Zidane's UEFA Champions League final, and the free kick cooperation of Wolves' Gemini is a textbook goal

The two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, and the Germans still did not change the passive situation. Spain firmly controlled the ball and put pressure on the German goal.

The third minute of the second half started, Pedro brought back the pass with the right rib, Alonso shot low from 25 meters in front of the goal, and the football missed the goal.

In the fifth minute of the second half, Ramos made a comeback from the right, Xavi directly drove across, and Alonso shot with his left foot 23 meters in front of the goal, and the football missed again.

In the ninth minute, Iniesta and Xavi made a continuous cross, and Villa pushed a shot from 18 meters away from the goal on the left, and the football went out of the far post.

In the 13th minute of the second half, a thrilling scene appeared: Capdevila and Iniesta played against the wall and then passed the ball low on the left, Alonso made a back-on return in the penalty area, and Pedro shot with his right foot twenty meters in front of the goal.

The football was blocked by Neuer to the right, and Espanyol then controlled the football. After Pedro and Alonso, Iniesta broke into the penalty area on the left side of the penalty area with a small angle and a shot. Villa flew to the tackle.

If Villa could hit football, the ball would definitely be able to score, but the football flew past Villa's toes, and Spain missed the best chance to score.

Spain then made a comeback. Pedro received a cross-bang from Xavi, and shot with his left foot from the top of the penalty area and missed the right post.

The Germans can only rely on the few opportunities to make a quick counterattack. In the 16th minute of the second half, Jansen made a cross near the corner flag area on the left and was headed by Pique in front of the goal. Klose turned sideways at the penalty point and shot with his left foot.

Football is above the beam

In the 14th minute of the second half, Ozil passed the ball from the left, Podolski took the ball from the front point and turned to the back point. Kroos was 11 meters away from the goal, and his right foot was half a volley in the air.

The brave Casillas jumped up and saved the football from the bottom line

In the 28th minute of the second half, Iniesta broke into the left side of the penalty area, Schweinsteig flew forward and broke the football out of the baseline, and Spanish corner kicked.

Xavi took a corner kick from the left, and Pique jumped high. Although he did not hit the football, he blocked Khdira. Puyor was nine meters away from the goal in front of Khdira, and a beautiful lion shook his head.

A white light shines, the football flies from the right side of the goal to score the goal net

One to zero

Spain finally transforms its offensive into a goal

Spanish fans turn Durban Stadium into a happy world of red

This is Puyol's first shot from the front box in the 13th World Cup, and it is the third goal in his 89 national team games. It is also the first time that Spain scored through set pieces in this World Cup.

Spain won the first 42 games that led by 1-0.

The Germans then wanted to launch a fierce attack, but Spain's midfield and backcourt were too strong, so they could not threaten the goal guarded by Casillas.

Spain kept the victory to the end, becoming another team that won one-to-zero three games in the knockout stage after Germany in 2002 and reached the final.
Chapter completed!