When Spain discovered itself up in opposition to an ironclad opponent, like in these outdated, insurmountable nightmares, it tried one thing new: as an alternative of kneading the ball round ready for one thing to occur and for a spot to open, it threw itself headlong into making that one thing occur. With out pause. On this means, and regardless of the surprising blow of an personal purpose, it removed the first-time Georgia, supported by Mamardashvili’s saves and the hope of a suicidal mission by certainly one of its two forwards. Till they have been defeated by the persistence of this crew of Luis de la Fuente, so decided, so uncontemplative, and which is able to play the quarter-finals in opposition to Germany on Friday in Stuttgart (18.00, La1).
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