World Cup Diary Day 19: Paraguay and Spain through

By Jemma Tappenden
July 1 2010

Paraguay v Japan in the last 16 saw the first set of penalties in the tournament, with Paraguay through as eventual winners to face Spain in the quarter finals. Spain over came Portugal in a 1-0 victory to secure their place.

Paraguay 0-0 Japan (5-3 pens)

Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Referee: F De Bleeckere

Attendance: 36,742

Paraguay (FIFA Ranking: 31)

• 01 Villar (Captain)
• 03 Morel
• 14 Da Silva
• 21 Alcaraz
• 06 Bonet
• 13 Vera
• 16 Riveros - Yellow card
• 20 Ortigoza (Barreto, 75)
• 09 Santa Cruz (Cardozo, 94)
• 10 Benitez (Valdez, 60)
• 19 Barrios

Japan (FIFA Ranking: 45)

• 21 Kawashima
• 03 Komano
• 04 Tanaka
• 05 Nagatomo - Yellow card
• 22 Nakazawa
• 02 Abe (Nakamura, 81)
• 07 Endo - Yellow card
• 08 Matsui - Yellow card (Okazaki, 65)
• 17 Hasebe (Captain)
• 18 Honda - Yellow card
• 16 Okubo (Tamada, 106)

Spain 1-0 Portugal (HT 0-0)

Venue: Green Point Stadium

Referee: H Baldassi

Attendance: 62,955

Spain (FIFA Ranking: 2)

• 01 Casillas (Captain)
• 03 Pique
• 05 Puyol
• 11 Capdevila
• 15 Sergio Ramos
• 06 Iniesta
• 08 Xavi
• 14 Alonso - Yellow card (Marchena, 90+3)
• 16 Busquets
• 07 Villa GOAL 63 MINS (Pedrito, 88)
• 09 Torres (Llorente, 58)

Portugal (FIFA Ranking: 3)

• 01 Eduardo
• 02 Alves
• 06 Carvalho
• 15 Pepe (Mendes, 72)
• 21 Costa - Red card
• 23 Coentrao
• 16 Raul Meireles
• 19 Tiago - Yellow card
• 07 Ronaldo (Captain)
• 11 Simao (Liedson, 72)
• 18 Almeida (Danny, 58)

Saturday 3rd July:

Paraguay v Spain (ko 19:30 BST) Ellis Park, Johannesburg