The last quarterfinal match of the World Cup pits Paraguay and Spain (2:30pm, ABC) against one another in a bout that will determine which team meets Germany in the semifinals.

Entering the match as the heavy favorite, Spain will be hoping to knockoff a Paraguay team that has failed to score in its last 214 minutes.

I guess this was as easy a game as Arsenal will play all season. If it had been a non-Arsenal game I'd have stopped watching after 10 minutes or so. But because it was Arsenal I had to struggle through a shaky and hazy stream at the risk of enduring a headache later, which is now and I have a bad one.

An own goal by Antolin Alcaraz and a 65th minute effort from Nicklas Bendtner were enough for Arsenal to move on to the next round of the Carling Cup. After wasting important goal opportunities in the ...

14.06.2010 - Calígula - GRUPO F / PARTIDO Nº 11 - Abriendo el Grupo F en Cape Town (Green Point de Ciudad del Cabo), Italia y Paraguy, en un duelo de guapos, empataron 1-1 con goles de Alcaraz (´40 PAR) y De Rossi (´63 ITA).
Más allá de un Jabulani indomable, sumando dramatismo, la lluvia de Ciudad del Cabo le cayó bien a un partido de emotiva entrega (lo mejor que vimos hasta ahora) y reconocidos estilos.

Spain still on track for glory

Tomorrow, June 30th, will be the first day since the World Cup began over two and a half weeks ago that there won't be any live football on. The group stages have been and gone, and with Spain's victory over their Iberian neighbours Portugal tonight, the last 16 has been whittled down to 8.

Il quinto goal (che vale la testa della classifica marcatori) di un Villa sempre più uomo Mondiale, manda ko il combattivo Paraguay di Gerardo Martino, che ha fatto soffrire e non poco le "Furie Rosse", e consente alla Spagna di rompere la maledizione dei quarti di finale e di festeggiare, per la prima volta nella sua storia, l'ingresso tra le prime quattro del Mondo.

The what: Premier League, Round 2 – Wigan Athletic v. Chelsea
The where: DW Stadium (25,138)
The when: August 21, 5:15pm local time (12:15pm EST)
The how: Fox Soccer Channel (DirecTV 619, Dish Network 149)
The why: Because revenge is a dish best served by the Drogs.

By AVI CREDITOR

Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Frank Lampard.

If you had these three on your roster all of last season, you likely fared pretty well in your league table. If you've had all three on your roster this season, you're likely in the drop zone.

Injuries, a lack or form and perhaps a World Cup hangover have left these three perennial fantasy behemoths rather dormant through the season's opening stretch.

Osvaldo Martínez, jugador de los Rayados del Monterrey dijo sentirse contento por su llamado a la Selección de Paraguay, un total de 30 jugadores fue los que convocó Gerardo Martino
Porteros:
Justo Villar,
Aldo Bobadilla,
Diego Barreto.
Defensores:
Darío Verón,
Denis Caniza,
Antolín Alcaraz,
Julio Cáceres,
Paulo Da Silva,
Claudio Morel,
Carlos Bonet,
Aureliano Torres.

1 Justo VILLAR 30/06/1977 P Valladolid (ESP)2 Dario VERON 26/07/1979 DF Pumas UNAM (MEX)3 Claudio MOREL RODRIGUEZ 02/02/1978 DF Boca Juniors (ARG)4 Denis CANIZA 29/08/1974 DF Leon (MEX)5 Julio Cesar CACERES 05/10/1979 DF Atletico Mineiro (BRA)6 Carlos BONET 02/10/1977 MC Olimpia Asuncion (PAR)7 Oscar CARDOZO 20/05/1983 DL Benfica (POR) (foto)8 Edgar BARRETO 15/07/1984 MC Atalanta (ITA)9 Roque SANTA CRUZ 16/08/1981 DL Manchester City (ENG)10 Edgar BENITEZ 08/11/1987 DL Pachuca (MEX)11 Jonathan SANTANA 19/10/1981 MC Wolfsburgo (GER)12 Diego BARRETO 16/07/1981 P Cerro Porteño (PAR)13 Enrique VERA 10/03/1979 MC Liga de Quito (ECU)14 Paulo DA SILVA 01/02/1980 DF Sunderland (ENG)15 Victor CACERES 25/03/1985 MC Libertad (PAR)16 Cristian RIVEROS 16/10/1982 MC Cruz Azul (MEX)17 Aureliano TORRES 16/06/1982 DF San Lorenzo (ARG)18 Nelson VALDEZ 28/11/1983 DL Bor.

Ambas selecciones se pararon con una línea de 4 atrás y un llanero solitario al frente, Gilardino por Italia y Barrios por Paraguay. El italiano tuvo mejor compañía en el papel, pues le asistían por los extremos Iaquinta en el sector izquierdo y Pepe en el derecho.

Winner: Draw Score: Italy(1) vs Paraguay(0) 39' Antolín Alcaraz (Paraguay) 63' Daniele De Rossi (Italy) Recap Marcello Lippi came back from retirement to coach Italy where he has kept 9 veterans in the team to the dismay of a lot of people. The game in Italy was crucial in determining if Italy can defend their title but the game clearly showed [.

Luci ed ombre nell'esordio azzurro ai Mondiali del Sudafrica.
Grinta, fisicit e corsa non sono mancate, la qualit invece si, soprattutto nella fase di rifinitura e nelle conclusioni verso la porta difesa da Villar. Finisce 1 a 1 a Citt del Capo, contro l'ostico Paraguay di Martino, in virtù delle reti firmate da Alcazar, per il vantaggio dell'undici sudamericano, e De Rossi, autore del pareggio italiano.

1. It is very reassuring to see the reigning world champions pick up an underwhelming 1-1 draw in their opening match. 2. Given some of the softer red cards so far in the World Cup, a few players can allow themselves to look at Cristian Riveros' unpunished studs up leg-breaker on Riccardo Montolivo and scratch their [.

Paraguay 1-1 Italy: La Albirroja Snatch a Point is a post from: Just Football

Gerardo Martino caused a shock to some when he left out Roque Santa Cruz (a move I predicted in my match preview). However they still went into this game fairly confident against an ageing Italy side. The intent from Paraguay was clear early on as Christian Riveros went in for a strong challenge on Montolivo and was lucky not to be cautioned.

Daniele De Rossi of the Azzurri was the protagonist of the first group round match against Paraguay. He accepted blame for the Paraguayan goal and scored the equalizer. He commented on Italy's objective, the first match against Paraguay, the upcoming encounter with New Zealand, differences between his side at the last World Cup and the impressive early form of Argentina in South Africa.

The defending champions Italy have failed to impress us after their near disastrous match against Paraguay. The question on everyone's mind is will Italy be able to advance after that performance or was it just a bit of bad luck?The experts predicted that Italy would dominate Paraguay. To their dismay, Paraguay's Alcaraz put one into the net after 39 minute, shocking everyone.

1. Slovakia have been really poor in their two games. And they topped Slovenia's group in qualification. Nuff said. 2. Paraguay, like Chile, Uruguay and the South American teams that go without saying, are very watchable. 3. Wigan seem to have made a very good signing in Antolín Alcaraz. On the scoresheet against Italy and now [.

Minus some obvious additions, such as Messi, Robinho and Rob Green, I have put together a team of players that have impressed me in the World Cup so far. Feel free to disagree.

GK: Diego Benaglio (Switzerland & Wolfsburg)

Very tidy against Spain.

Can the Kiwi whipping boys pull off another shock result?

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Paraguay will give a late fitness test to defender Antonlin Alcaraz, who has an ankle problem.

O décimo primeiro jogo da Copa do Mundo de 2010, foi realizado no dia 14/06/2010, na Cidade do Cabo-RSA, no Green Poin e reuniu as seleções da Itália (5º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Paraguai (31º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
1950Sao Paulo 02/07/1950 ITA2:0 (1:0)PAR Partidas da fase de grupos
Amistoso
1998Parma 22/04/1998 ITA3:1 (2:0)PAR
Mundial Sub-20
2009Cairo 25/09/2009 PAR0:0ITA Partidas da fase de grupos
Olímpiadas:
2004Piraeus 18/08/2004 PAR1:0 (1:0)ITA Primeira Fase
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Benito Archundia-MEX
O primeiro assistente, foi: Hector Vergara-CAN
O segundo assistente, foi: Marvin Torrentera-MEX
O quarto árbitro, foi: Joel Aguillar-SLV
O décimo sétimo gol da Copa do Mundo de 2010, foi marcado aos 39 minutos, por Alcaraz, jogador do Club Brugge-BEL.

Shane Smeltz is the impact player for the All Whites

New Zealand go up against Paraguay. The South American team hope to join Argentina and Uruguay in what is turning out to be a Copa America party.

The Paraguayans are proving to be not just Oscar Cardozo (they have been winning with him on the bench) and Roque Santa Cruz.

Não vou falar do óbvio e referir-me aos jogadores que passaram pelos clubes grandes do futebol nacional, mas sim falar daqueles que representaram ou treinaram em clubes de menor dimensão.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni é o protagonista do caso mais peculiar e talvez o menos conhecido de todos. Isto porque, o goleador nigeriano do Everton, que protagonizou uma das perdidas mais escandalosas do Mundial frente Coreia do Sul, esteve muito perto de representar o Gil Vicente, clube presidido pelo enigmático António Fiúza.

Two World Cup dark horses do battle in Pretoria.

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Japan coach Takeshi Okada has named the same starting line-up for three games in a row and is unlikely to make any changes against Paraguay.

Por Martín Rudistein
Paraguay 0 (5) - Japón 0 (4)
Paraguay hace historia y mete al cuarto equipo sudamericano en cuartos de final. De la mano del argentino Gerardo Martino, los guaraníes luchan por colarse en las paginas mas importantes del fútbol mundial.
Luego de empatar en los 90 minutos reglamentarios y mantener la igualdad en el tiempo suplementario, el partido se definió por penales por 5 a 3 para los sudamericanos que pasan a cuartos de final por primera vez en su historia.

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Tuesday, June 29th 2010
Kick Off : 15:00 BST
Venue : Loftus Versfield Stadium, Pretoria South Africa

The World Cup round of 16 fixture between Paraguay and Japan will take place at the Loftus Versfield Stadium on Monday 28th June 2010, kick-off set for 3:00 PM.

Por Ernesto Rosado Magallón
España 1 - Paraguay 0
En un partido emocionante, España llega por primera vez en la historia a las semifinales venciendo 1 a 0 a Paraguay con gol del máximo artillero del mundial, David Villa.
España sigue adelante en el Mundial de Sudáfrica, pues por primera vez en su historia pasa a Semifinales de una Copa del Mundo, y como bien dice Diego Carrizo, si no puede ser este año nunca será.

Casillas
Ramos Pique Puyol Capdevila
Busquets Alonso
Iniesta Xavi Villa
Torres
Villar
Veron da Silva Alcaraz Morel
Barreto Caceres Riveros Santana
Valdez Cardozo
Goals:
Villa 83'
Football is so boring. Yet another 1-0. Ha.

Ieri abbiamo visto la Top 11 dei "Best Players" del Mondiale, oggi invece vi regaliamo un'altra formazione, formata dalle undici "sorprese" dell'avventura sudafricana. Grandi prestazioni per i giapponesi Tanaka e Honda, bene il Ghana con Gyan e Kevin Prince Boateng.

According to Paul Kendrick at the Evening Post, Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez admitted that the contract of newly signed defender Antolin Alcaraz is done and completed. It was reported earlier this summer that Alcaraz's contract wasn't completed and that he could join a different team after the World Cup.

By Ollie Irish

(left to right) Wigan Athletic chief executive Jonathan Jackson, new signing James McArthur (signed from Hamilton Academical), gaffer Roberto Martinez and new signing Antolin Alcaraz (from Club Brugge) pose for photos at the DW Stadium.

A couple of shrewd signings by Martinez?

Wigan Athletic has announced that defender Gary Caldwell is the club's new captain, and the former Celtic man is delighted to take up his new role. Caldwell has previously captained Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, and as a Scotland international his experience and leadership will be vital to Roberto Martinez's side.

18.08.2010 - Calígula - Se largó la 21º temporada de la Premier League... con tres nuevos inquilinos tras los ascensos del West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle (tras su año de infierno) y el Blackpool FC. Suerte dispar tuvieron los nuevos vecinos que tuvieron que debutar fuera de casa.
El West Bromwich Albion se estrenó visitando al Chelsea (vigente campeón), que viene de billetera velada (sólo fichó a Ramires - 23 años, 21 millones - del Benfica y Benayoun - 30 años, 10millones- del Liverpool) y limpieza efectiva (?

With the Premier League season up and running, European competitions moving forward and Domestic Cup ties popping up regularly, it seems as though there's matches every day of the week. Here's what happened in today's Second Round of the League Cup.

Hartlepool United 0 3 Wigan Athletic

The Latics finally got some goals in their favor as they knocked-off League 1 outfit Hartlepool United.

Thanks to there only being a few sides able to keep their opponents from scoring, this week's defense is rather shambolic. Additionally, the rather low-scoring week also put a bit of a blight on the high-scoring strikers and midfielders featured in previous editions of the Team of the Week.

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Last four head-to-head:

0-1 Wigan (a) 03.08.10

2-1 Liverpool (h) 12.16.09

1-1 (a) 01.28.09

3-2 Liverpool (h) 10.18.08


Last three matches:

Liverpool: 2-0 Chelsea (h); 3-1 Napoli (h); 1-0 Bolton (a)

Wigan: 1-2 Blackburn (a); 0-2 Fulham (a); 2-0 Swansea (h)


Goalscorers (league):

Liverpool: Torres 4; Gerrard 3; Kyrgiakos 2; Kuyt, Maxi, Ngog 1

Wigan: N'Zogbia, Rodallega 3; Alcaraz, Gomez 1


Referee: Peter Walton


Guess at a line-up:

Reina

Kelly Carragher Skrtel Konchesky

Johnson Meireles Lucas Maxi

Gerrard
Torres

As crazy as it sounds, this will be as much a sign of Liverpool's progress as Sunday was.

Liverpool head to the DW to face the new holders of the 18th spot, Wigan.

Ha, 18th. God, that's weak. What type of team would be in 18th at any point in the season?

***Stuffs hands in pockets and whistles, blissfully and forcefully ignorant***

It's been a tough start to the 2010-2011 campaign for the Latics after their first two matches alone, they were on zero points and at a minus-ten goal differential.

Martinez's side could find themselves bottom of the league on Wednesday night if they lose against Liverpool and other results go against them.
The Latics have not won in four games and have only one victory in their last eight games, a run that will have fans worried about where their season is headed.

Manchester United 2-0 Wigan Athletic ( Patrice Evra, Javier Hernandez) Goals in either half from Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez gave Man United a 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic on November 20, 2010. Wigan finished the game with nine men following red cards to Antolin Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega. Man United vs Wigan 1-0 ( Patrice Evra) Man [.

Wayne Rooney returned to the United team, coming on in the 56th minute against Wigan today, to a generous round of applause from the United faithful, many of which haven't forgiven the striker for his Contract Fiasco.

While Rooney's return was welcoming, it was new signing Javier Hernandez who scored having coming on in the 65th minute with a superb diving header after a wonderful Rafael cross which secured all three points for United with Patrice Evra getting the opener on the stroke of half-time.