Spain wins third place: Another free kick sinks Bafana Bafana
Joel Santana's squad needs to work on stopping those back breaking free kicks which seem to doom them at the last minute. This time it was Xabi Alonso's extra time free kick in the 107th minute that sank South Africa.
Vicente Del Bosque went to his deep bench strength. Sergio Ramos whose poor clearance led to Dempsey's goal was replaced by Raul Albiol.
Soccerblog @ Jun 28, 2009 11:46 AM EDT | Blog Profile
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