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Puyol sends Spain into the Final

Spain have advanced to their first FIFA World Cup™ Final, Carles Puyol's 74th-minute header securing a deserved 1-0 victory over Germany in Durban.

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Line-up

1 Manuel NEUER (GK) (GK)(C) Iker CASILLAS 1
3 Arne FRIEDRICH Gerard PIQUE 3
6 Sami KHEDIRA Out (-81' ) Goal Carles PUYOL 5
7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER Andres INIESTA 6
8 Mesut OEZIL (-81') Out David VILLA 7
10 Lukas PODOLSKI XAVI 8
11 Miroslav KLOSE Joan CAPDEVILA 11
15 Piotr TROCHOWSKI Out (-62' ) (-90'+3) Out XABI ALONSO 14
16 Philipp LAHM (C) SERGIO RAMOS 15
17 Per MERTESACKER Sergio BUSQUETS 16
20 Jerome BOATENG Out (-52' ) (-86') Out PEDRO 18
Substitute(s)
12 Tim WIESE (GK) (GK) Victor VALDES 12
22 Hans Joerg BUTT (GK) (GK) Pepe REINA 23
2 Marcell JANSEN In (+52') Raul ALBIOL 2
4 Dennis AOGO (+90'+3) In Carlos MARCHENA 4
5 Serdar TASCI (+81') In Fernando TORRES 9
9 Stefan KIESSLING Cesc FABREGAS 10
14 Holger BADSTUBER Juan MATA 13
18 Toni KROOS In (+62') Alvaro ARBELOA 17
19 CACAU Fernando LLORENTE 19
21 Marko MARIN Javier MARTINEZ 20
23 Mario GOMEZ In (+81') (+86') In DAVID SILVA 21
13 Thomas MUELLER Jesus NAVAS 22
Coaches
Officials
  • Not eligible to play
  • Spain's defender Carles Puyol gestures into the television camera
  • Germany's defender Per Mertesacker (17), Germany's midfielder Toni Kroos (18) and Germany's striker Lukas Podolski look dejected as Spain's midfielder Xavi and Spain's midfielder Sergio Busquets celebrate
  • Germany fans show their dejection after being knocked out of the competition
  • Carles Puyol of Spain scores the opening goal past Manuel Neuer
  • Toni Kroos of Germany shows his dejection
  • Germany fans show their dejection

"We played very well in every sense and my lads gave it everything. There were some great performances out there. We've still got one more match to play and let's see if we can stay comfortable on the ball. If we can keep doing that, it'll make things easier, although the Netherlands will be tough opponents for sure," Vincente del Bosque, Spain coach.

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Latest Comments:
avinaash
17/03/2012 at 09:13
avinaash (Malaysia)
good going spain but i am sad still because germany lose nvm mine germany can play better 2014 brasil
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Pyokva
28/06/2011 at 09:31
Pyokva (Germany)
Germany totally would have won, they were doing great before. They barley lost, Germany will get Spain one day.
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Lusofan1-Por
19/11/2010 at 15:32
Lusofan1-Por (Portugal)
Thanks Spain for eliminating arrogant Germany!God bless you Portugal 4 Spain 0!
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6Corner kicks7
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0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
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