exactly that what makes this game so unpredictable ... also some are already talking about spain as if they had so easily made it into this semifinals like they did into the finals 2008.. ignoring that this year david villa not only scored 5 out of 7 goals but also prepared/assisted the other 2 goals but also that the other knock out results where just two 1:0 .. and for the paraguay game a rather lucky one at that
also it will be interesting if the spanish players will be if all of them have the nerves .. after all let's not forget that for spain this is the first world cup semi final and to make it worse they will be facing a team which not only won against england and argentina in the knockout phase but did so scoring 8:1, making this their 12th semi final and have players who played at a world cup semi final before including the striker who is close to being the best world cup striker of all time
and with the germans they are going to have to replace their absolute stand out player who simply couldn't do anything wrong in front of the goal (10 shots , 4 shots on goal->4 goals)... and to make it worse he was perhaps one of the key players responsible for the immense psychological & mental strenght: absolutley no fear or trembling nerves while playing, no doubt about his own abilites and off the pitch even more impressive as a character
for christ sake after been booked with the yellow which sent him out for the semi, when being substituted out he jogged out of the pitch grining in a good mood and even shook hands with the referee which booked him
edit:another little statistical fact:germany never lost (so far) against a reigning european champion at a world cup. 1966 Spain, 1970 Italy, 1986 France, 1990 Holland were all german victories
