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Watching Germany thrash Argentina in the Johannesburg Newtown Fan Park was not all that different from watching Germany thrash my beloved England in Paddy O’Sheas in Sanlitun, Beijing, one week earlier.
David Villa has millions of friends in Spain these days and two pretty good ones in South Africa — the goalposts at Ellis Park.
One of Diego Maradona's assistants wants him to stay, and a top Argentine football official said the job is his despite the team's devastating 4-0 loss against Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Germany's disciplined defense and clinical counter attacks earned a convincing 4-0 win over Argentina on Saturday to set up a World Cup semifinal against Spain, which needed a late goal from David Villa to beat Paraguay 1-0.
Ghana spurned a golden chance to write a new chapter for African football at the World Cup but exited the tournament the moral victors after a bitter quarter-final defeat to Uruguay at Soccer City on Friday.
The width of the crossbar has condemned as a failure the participation of the African teams at the first World Cup on the continent, even though Ghana matched its previous best run by reaching the last eight.
After 120 minutes and a 1-1 draw at Soccer City, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was sent off in the final minute of extra time for blocking the ball with his hands on the line, but Ghana's No. 1 striker Asamoah Gyan, who had collected three goals in the World Cup, hit the bar with his spot-kick to send the tie to a penalty shootout.
Wesley Sneijder headed a second-half winner as Netherlands battled back from a goal down to beat 10-man Brazil 2-1 on Friday and secure a place in the World Cup semifinals.
Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi suspended on Thursday his training because of flu, but it will not impede him to play on Saturday against Germany for the semifinals place.
Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Thursday fanned a war of words between his side and rivals Argentina ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash, accusing his opponents of being bad losers.
Semifinals Fixtures
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Top Scorers
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Player |
Team |
Goals |
David Villa | ESP | 5 |
| Sneijder | NED | 5 | |||
| Diego Forlan |
URU |
5 | |||
| Mueller |
GER |
5 | |||
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Vittek |
SVK | 4 | |||
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Klose |
GER |
4 |
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Higuain |
ARG |
4 |
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Asamoah Gyan |
GHA |
3 | |||
| Donovan | USA | 3 | |||
| Luis Suarez | URU | 3 | Fabiano | BRA | 3 |
URU 2 - 3 NED 
GER 0 - 1 ESP 