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Villa’s cool finish under pressure against Portugal on Tuesday, his fourth goal of the tournament and his 42nd in 62 appearances, sent Spain through to the last eight to face

Brazil are among the favorites to win soccer’s most treasured prize and the enigmatic Bielsa said his team had not been able to challenge their South American rivals. “Brazil’s superiority

Tevez was offside when he put the twice champions ahead in the 26th minute but there was no argument with his second goal, a 25-metre drive into the top corner

But ultimately that 4-0 loss cost them a place in the second round and they have only themselves to blame, he said after a exciting 2-1 victory over Serbia in

“It hasn’t been a great match. We had glorious opportunities and many opportunities so I think we should have won this by more goals,” Del Bosque told reporters after the

Ivory Coast were livid at Luis Fabiano’s second goal for Brazil after replays showed that he twice handled the ball before crashing it into the net. Brazil, 3-1 winners, were

Frenchman Le Guen said he had no regrets over his selections despite his side, the highest ranked African team at the tournament, losing 1-0 to Japan and 2-1 to Denmark.

Having seen his team qualify for the finals in style, he has overseen two draws and needs to turn things round quickly in the final game against Slovenia to avoid

While Brazil dominated possession and were clearly the better side throughout, the North were by no means disgraced in their first appearance at the finals since reaching the last eight

Cahill clattered into the Germany midfielder in the 56th minute of the Group D encounter, staring in disbelief as Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez brandished the red card. “It was a