France defeated Spain 3-1 to advance to the next round, showing that it doesn’t matter how many goals you score in the opening round as long as you get through. Spain provided much of the early pressure and opened the scoring with a David Villa penalty in the 28th min. Franck Ribery equalized for France though in the 41st min. to pull the game level before half time.
 

2nd half heroics were performed by Patrick Vieira, who forced what appeared to be an own-goal in the 83rd min. as he headed the ball at the back post off of Sergio Ramos into the Spanish goal. Zinedine Zidane provided the whipped cream as he finished in the 90th min. to add to Spain’s heartache.

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