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France Sends Favorite Spain Home

Spain was the clear favorite in this match, and everyone was talking about the great performance and skill of the Spanish players. France on the other hand was regarded as a `dead horse` and little, but the French fans, believed that they could beat Spain. Well, France did. And they won big with the scored on 3 ? 1 in their favor. France will play in World Cup`s quarterfinals against Brazil in a rematch of World Cup 1998`s final.

Spain opened the game strong and displayed great soccer skills. On the 28th minute, David Villa scored the first goal after a Spanish player was tripped inside the box and a penalty was shot. Spain was able to keep the lead until the 41 minute when Franck Ribery scored France`s first goal Ribery got an open ball into the box and decided to go all the way, he did not pass the ball to Henry who was on the left and kicked the ball into the Spanish net on its own.

France managed to score again following a corner kick on the 83 minute. Patrick Vieira helped the ball with his head and after rubbing off on Sergio Ramos and went into the Spanish net once again. The tension was on Spain, and it proved crucial. Instead of scoring and tie, they suffered another goal by Zinedine Zidane during injury time. Spain lost and they are headed home.