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Spain vs Paraguay — 2010 World Cup Quarterfinal
Spain beat Paraguay on pens. Proved they could win ugly. End of tiki-taka-without-trophies era.
Spain's 2010 quarterfinal shootout win over Paraguay in Johannesburg completed their journey to a first World Cup title. David Villa scored from the spot as Spain won 5-3 on penalties after Oscar Cardozo blazed over for Paraguay. The psychological significance went beyond the result: Spain were proving they could win the ugly way after decades of beautiful-football-but-no-silverware trauma, resolving a complex national identity crisis that had gripped Spanish football since 1964.
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