Paraguay 0-1 Spain – Highlights Video

David Villa enhanced his reputation as the World Cup’s outstanding striker with a late goal to give a below-par Spain a 1-0 win over Paraguay and book a semi-final clash with Germany, in what will be a repeat of the Euro 2008 final.

The 28-year-old struck his fifth goal of the finals to send the perennial underachievers into the last four of the World Cup for the first time.

It was tough on Paraguay who had matched the European champions for much of the game – and though this has been a World Cup of shocks, the needle would have gone off the Richter scale if the South Americans had triumphed.

Spain now face Germany in the semi-finals – not since 1950, where they were part of a four-team final group, have they had such an opportunity to reach the final itself.

David Villa Goal

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