Tickets still available for Spain, Portugal face-off

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Johannesburg - Football fans who have still not bought their tickets for tonight's face-off between Spain and Portugal have one last chance to purchase their tickets before the game kicks-off at 20h30.

Briefing reporters on Tuesday, FIFA spokesman Wolfgang Eichler said a total of 3000 more tickets were still available for the clash between the Spaniards and the Portuguese.

Tickets for the Brazil and the Netherlands match will be made available to fans later today at 18:00.

The Portuguese advanced to the knock-out stages as Group G runners-up with five points. They played to a goalless draw with both Ivory Coast and Brazil, before they broke the 2010 FIFA World Cup record by thrashing North Korea 7-nil.

The Spaniards entered the 2010 FIFA World Cup as one of the top favourites and they easily advanced to the last 16, despite their 1-nil loss to Switzerland.

Nicknamed La Roja, the European champions progressed to the knockout phase, finishing top of group H after they beat Chile 2-1 and Honduras 2-nil.

The winner will join Brazil, Germany, Uruguay, Ghana and Argentina in the quarter-finals, while the loser will be heading home.

Overall, Spain has appeared in 49 games in the World Cup Finals, their record is 22 wins, 15 losses and 12 draws