FIFA World Cup 2010 Results: Germany Sends Argentina Home

The remaining quarterfinals were played at the FIFA World Cup 2010, and now we are into the semifinals. In the first game of the day, Germany were all over Argentina, and won the game to progress ahead. In the last quarterfinal of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Spain just about managed to defeat Paraguay to go ahead.

Germany 4 Argentina 0
No one expected this to be such a one sided game. Germany ran through Argentina who looked like they needed to be woken up from their sleep. El Diego was nearly in tears at the sideline as his dream to win a world cup as a player and a coach fizzled off. Miroslav Klose scored twice and is now one goal away from Ronaldo's record of 15 goals in world cup matches. This, after the Dutch sent Brazil home, has been a tournament in which the European teams have done well, and have come out on top of the big South American giants.

Spain 1 Paraguay 0
This game had 2 penalties, strikes at the goalpost on numerous occasions, but it was only a late goal in the 85th minute by David Villa that saw Spain through. This being yet another game in which a European team sent a Latin American team home. Spain have been the underachievers in world football, and this win puts them in their first world cup semifinal in around 60 long years. David Villa has scored on five occasions now in this prestigious tournament.

Round of 16 to Finals

Uruguay

South Korea

USA

Ghana

Holland

Slovakia

Brazil

Chile

Argentina

Mexico

Germany

England

Paraguay

Japan

Spain

Portugal

Uruguay 2-1

Ghana 2-1

Holland 2-1

Brazil 3-0

Argentina 3-1

Germany 4-1

Paraguay 0(5)-0(3)

Spain 1-0

Uruguay 1(4)-1(2)

Holland 2-1

Germany 4-0

Spain 1-0

Finalist

Finalist

Winner

(red = knocked out, green = progressed)
The first semifinal of the FIFA World Cup 2010 will be played on the 6th of July (Tuesday) between the Netherlands and Uruguay. We have 3 strong European teams in the last 4, and the only South American team of Uruguay. Who would have thought the giants from that continent, Argentina and Brazil, would not make it to the last 4. Nevertheless, this is exciting stuff, so stay tuned for more.