西班牙進決賽啦！！.. - 西班牙

http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/matches/match=301698/report=rp.html

Second-half goals from Xavi Hernandez, Daniel Guiza and David Silva
sent Spain through to a UEFA EURO 2008 final meeting with Germany as
Luis Aragones's men proved too strong for Russia in Vienna.

Spain fluent
Russia looked the team to beat as they scythed through the Netherlands
in the last eight. But with thunderstorms lighting the sky above the
Ernst-Happel-Stadion they struggled to get to grips with the occasion,
and never looked like recovering after Xavi broke the deadlock five
minutes after half-time, steering Andres Iniesta's fine left-wing cross
past Igor Akinfeev. Guiza added another with 17 minutes remaining before
Silva completed a morale-boosting win for Spain ahead of Sunday's final,
their first since 1984.

Russian torpor
After their 4-1 defeat by Spain in the group stage 16 days ago, Russia
coach Guus Hiddink had complained that he would have to "wake some players
up". He seemed to have succeeded in breathtaking fashion, yet despite the
driving rain and spectacular lightning that greeted the start of this
semi-final, his charges looked to have slipped back into a torpor. It
was not something that was troubling Sergio Ramos, though. Stung by
criticism of his campaign to date in some quarters the Spain right-back
started like a man possessed. He snapped into tackles, scampered down
the wing and just failed to get on the end of Xavi's fifth-minute cross.

Akinfeev busy
Ramos's team-mates soon took his lead, and as much as Aragones does not
like what he terms Spain's "mustard" away jerseys, he would have been
glad his team were not in red. Disjointed at the back and sluggish in
midfield, Russia were struggling to find their feet. It took a well-timed
tackle from Vasili Berezutski – playing instead of the suspended Denis
Kolodin – to deny Fernando Torres a run on goal though the striker soon
tested Akinfeev with a shot on the turn. The Russia goalkeeper was in
action again to deny David Villa as he fired in at the near post as
Aragones' ploy of using Iniesta to double up on the left wing caused
confusion.

Pavlyuchenko chances
Russia were looking for Andrei Arshavin to lift them out of the mire
but refuge instead came from the right boot of Roman Pavlyuchenko. The
26-year-old gave warning with a free-kick and it then took a stunning
stop from Iker Casillas to deny him, diverting a blistering strike away
from the top corner. It soon got better for Russia as the instigator of
that group stage loss, hat-trick hero Villa, limped off and almost
immediately Pavlyuchenko poked wide with the goal at his mercy. The
profligacy was underlined five minutes after half-time when Spain's
midfield Argus Marcos Senna turned over possession and fed Xavi. A
smart exchange of passes later and La Furia Roja were ahead.

Guiza strikes
In the crowd, Spain's Crown Princess Leticia bore a shocked expression
but in truth it had been coming, and her side were soon on the hunt for
more. Having found his range with the goal, Iniesta released Villa's
replacement Cesc Fabregas, and though the substitute ran out of space,
Aragones's decision to switch to a five-man midfield was proving profitable.
It took an excellent challenge from Yuri Zhirkov to deny Torres before
Fabregas and Xabi Alonso had efforts tipped over. Alonso had been introduced
moments earlier alongside Guiza, and the latter soon sealed victory, lobbing
Akinfeev after being put through by Fabregas' perfectly-weighted dink over
the defence. The No10 was the provider again moments later as his low cross
was fired in by Silva. Next up, Germany.





※ 引述《TulipChiu (我多麼羨慕你..￾ )》之銘言：
: 昨天一到了晚上八點，
: 全西班牙的人類，都處在「有電視」或是「有收音機」的地方...
: 我則擠在完全不能移動的irish bar
: 「一半的義大利人」及「一半的西班牙人」中間
: 雖然我們一面倒的認為義大利會贏...
: 可是靠著實在太強了的Casilla不斷的創造奇蹟
: 還有義大利人完全不進攻的態度...
: 西班牙居然就給他PK贏了...！！！
: 後來才知道，這是西班牙從1984年來第一次進四強..
: <而我跟義大利室友擠的全身酸痛，站了快三個小時，居然義大利輸了..@@>
: <Casilla真是太猛了！！西班牙就靠他了..>
: <Torres 跟Villa也實在不弱！>
: 好啦，不過基於身在西班牙，
: 我還是為他們開心了起來
: 連酒巴老杯杯都會獨自一人的面帶微笑.....
: 就讓大家期待本年度西班牙的表現吧！！

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