http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/matches/match=301698/report=rp.html Second-half goals from Xavi Hernandez, Daniel Guiza and David Silva sent Spain through to a UEFA EURO 2008 final meeting with Germany as Luis Aragones's men proved too strong for Russia in Vienna. Spain fluent Russia looked the team to beat as they scythed through the Netherlands in the last eight. But with thunderstorms lighting the sky above the Ernst-Happel-Stadion they struggled to get to grips with the occasion, and never looked like recovering after Xavi broke the deadlock five minutes after half-time, steering Andres Iniesta's fine left-wing cross past Igor Akinfeev. Guiza added another with 17 minutes remaining before Silva completed a morale-boosting win for Spain ahead of Sunday's final, their first since 1984. Russian torpor After their 4-1 defeat by Spain in the group stage 16 days ago, Russia coach Guus Hiddink had complained that he would have to "wake some players up". He seemed to have succeeded in breathtaking fashion, yet despite the driving rain and spectacular lightning that greeted the start of this semi-final, his charges looked to have slipped back into a torpor. It was not something that was troubling Sergio Ramos, though. Stung by criticism of his campaign to date in some quarters the Spain right-back started like a man possessed. He snapped into tackles, scampered down the wing and just failed to get on the end of Xavi's fifth-minute cross. Akinfeev busy Ramos's team-mates soon took his lead, and as much as Aragones does not like what he terms Spain's "mustard" away jerseys, he would have been glad his team were not in red. Disjointed at the back and sluggish in midfield, Russia were struggling to find their feet. It took a well-timed tackle from Vasili Berezutski – playing instead of the suspended Denis Kolodin – to deny Fernando Torres a run on goal though the striker soon tested Akinfeev with a shot on the turn. The Russia goalkeeper was in action again to deny David Villa as he fired in at the near post as Aragones' ploy of using Iniesta to double up on the left wing caused confusion. Pavlyuchenko chances Russia were looking for Andrei Arshavin to lift them out of the mire but refuge instead came from the right boot of Roman Pavlyuchenko. The 26-year-old gave warning with a free-kick and it then took a stunning stop from Iker Casillas to deny him, diverting a blistering strike away from the top corner. It soon got better for Russia as the instigator of that group stage loss, hat-trick hero Villa, limped off and almost immediately Pavlyuchenko poked wide with the goal at his mercy. The profligacy was underlined five minutes after half-time when Spain's midfield Argus Marcos Senna turned over possession and fed Xavi. A smart exchange of passes later and La Furia Roja were ahead. Guiza strikes In the crowd, Spain's Crown Princess Leticia bore a shocked expression but in truth it had been coming, and her side were soon on the hunt for more. Having found his range with the goal, Iniesta released Villa's replacement Cesc Fabregas, and though the substitute ran out of space, Aragones's decision to switch to a five-man midfield was proving profitable. It took an excellent challenge from Yuri Zhirkov to deny Torres before Fabregas and Xabi Alonso had efforts tipped over. Alonso had been introduced moments earlier alongside Guiza, and the latter soon sealed victory, lobbing Akinfeev after being put through by Fabregas' perfectly-weighted dink over the defence. The No10 was the provider again moments later as his low cross was fired in by Silva. Next up, Germany. ※ 引述《TulipChiu (我多麽羡慕你..￾ )》之铭言： : 昨天一到了晚上八点， : 全西班牙的人类，都处在「有电视」或是「有收音机」的地方... : 我则挤在完全不能移动的irish bar : 「一半的义大利人」及「一半的西班牙人」中间 : 虽然我们一面倒的认为义大利会赢... : 可是靠着实在太强了的Casilla不断的创造奇蹟 : 还有义大利人完全不进攻的态度... : 西班牙居然就给他PK赢了...！！！ : 後来才知道，这是西班牙从1984年来第一次进四强.. : <而我跟义大利室友挤的全身酸痛，站了快三个小时，居然义大利输了..@@> : <Casilla真是太猛了！！西班牙就靠他了..> : <Torres 跟Villa也实在不弱！> : 好啦，不过基於身在西班牙， : 我还是为他们开心了起来 : 连酒巴老杯杯都会独自一人的面带微笑..... : 就让大家期待本年度西班牙的表现吧！！ -- ██████████████████ --

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