World Cup Day 19 - Portugal vs Spain

PREVIEW: Portugal vs Spain Kick Off 7:30pm on BBC1

Portugal finished second in group G on 5 points. Two 0-0 draws against Ivory Coast & Brazil were supplemented by a 7-0 thrashing of North Korea. Tiago is their top scorer with 2 goals.

Spain qualified for the 2nd round by topping group H with 6 points. After a shock 1-0 defeat at the feet of Switzerland they got back on track with wins against Honduras & Chile. New Barcelona signing David Villa is the Spanish top scorer with 3 goals.

Spain 1 (Villa 63) Portugal 0 (R.Costa sent off 89)

Spain started the game well David Villa and Fernando Torres worked Eduardo in the Portguese goal early in the first half. Tiago and Hugo Almeida had chances for the Portuguese later in the half but couldn't convert.

Spain were the better side throughout and when Villa scored it was fully deserved. Lovely passing from with Andres Iniesta acting as the hub allowed Xavi to flick the jabulani through to Villa. His first effort was saved by the Portugal keeper but his second chance was hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down into the goal. Fernando Llorente had a heading opportunity just before Villa scored but he could only direct his header at Eduardo.

Portugal had to come out and play now but couldn't fashion any sort of chances as they never had the jabulani. Cristiano Ronaldo was terrible, a complete non-event. With a minute left of normal time Ricardo Costa was sent off for an suspected elbow on Joan Capdevila. Spain go through to face Paraguay in the quarter finals.

World Cup Day 19 - Paraguay vs Japan

PREVIEW: Paraguay vs Japan Kick Off 3:00pm on ITV1

Paraguay finished top of group F on 5 points. A win against Slovakia was sandwiched in between draws against Italy & New Zealand. Alcarez, Vera and Riveros are their joint top scorers with one each.

Japan qualified for the round of 16 from group E on 6 points. They beat Cameroon and Denmark but were narrowly defeated 1-0 by Holland. Keisuke Honda is Japan's top scorer with 2.

Paraguay 0 Japan 0 After Extra Time (Paraguay win 5-3 on pens

Both sides were feeling the tension as neither of them wanted to make mistakes. So it was a match of few chances . No clear cute chances. In extra time it opened up but no one could find that killer pass or shot. Paraguay won 5-3 on penalties Oscar Cardozo scored the winning penalty.

World Cup Day 18 - Brazil vs Chile

PREVIEW:- Brazil vs Chile - Kick off 7:30pm on ITV1

Brazil won group G finishing on 7 points after wins against North Korea and Ivory Coast. They finished the group with a 0-0 bore draw against Portugal. Elano and Luis Fabiano are their joint top scorers for Brazil with 2 each.

Chile finished 2nd in group H on 6 points. They started well by beating Honduras and Switzerland but ended the group stages with defeat to Spain. Rodrigo Millar, Mark Gonzalez & Jose Beausejour are Chile's joint top scorers on 1 goal each.

Brazil 3 (Juan 34,Luis Fabiano 38,Robinho 59) Chile 0

Brazil and Chile were fairly even till the 34th minute. That was when a Maicon corner found Juan who powered his header past Bravo in the Chile goal. Then 4 minutes Brazil went 2-0 up. Luis Fabiano rounded the keeper and put the jabulani in the net. That was after a Brazil got down the wing with Robinho who played in Kaka. He then played a tremendous controlled pass to Fabiano who did the rest.

Chile started well and were looking likely to create a chance to grab a goal but 15 minutes Brazil wrapped up the game and made it safe. A great run from the half way line from Ramires allowed Robinho who was able to curl his shot past the Chilean keeper from inside the box. That made it 3-0 and comfortable for them. That allowed Dunga to bring off Kaka, Robinho & Luis Fabiano to save them for the quarter-final.

World Cup Day 18 - Holland vs Slovakia

Netherlands 2 (Robben 18, Sneijder 84) Slovakia 0

Arjen Robben got on to a ball over the top as the Dutch broke forward. Robben cut inside and powered his low effort into the bottom corner. The first half the Dutch were comfortable and never really looked threatened.

Robben & Gregory Van Der Wiel had chances to put the Dutch further ahead after half time but couldn't convert. Robert Vittek went close for Slovakia on 68 minutes but had his effort saved by Maarten Stekelenburg. Vittek had another chance on 79 minutes but couldn't direct his shot on goal. Jan Mucha came out to beat Dirk Kuyt to a quick free-kick but missed the jabulani. Kuyt was able to square it to Wesley Sneijder who had the simple task of side footing the jabulani into an empty goal. That made it 2-0 to Netherlands. There was one last chance for Slovakia to grab a goal. Martin Jakubko was brough down by Stekelenburg in the box with 30 seconds to go. Vittek stepped up and comfortably put the jabulani to the Dutch keeper's right hand side. It finished 2-1 to the Dutch.