The Letter D 2 (Donovan (pen) 63, Villa 63) The Letter G 2 (Higuain 33, Gyan 93) - The Letter D win 5-4 on penaltiesThe D Team: David James, Paulo Da Silva, Martin Demichelis, Daisuke Matsui, Nigel De Jong, Angel Di Maria, Clint Dempsey, Diego Perez, Landon Donovan, David Villa, Diego Forlan.
The Letter D held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out to book their place in the quarter-finals and send The Letter G back to the lonely land of gnomes, giants and grasshoppers. It was The Letter G though who started the stronger and they took the lead after a calamitous piece of defending from Paulo Da Silva. A lapse in concentration saw him present the ball to Gonzalo Higuain. The potent marksman snaffled up the present and rounded David James before popping the ball into the empty net.
The Letter D huffed and puffed, but repeatedly found themselves frustrated in front of goal until a dramatic minute 63rd minute in which they scored two goals. The first came from the penalty spot after Clint Dempsey was bundled over. Landon Donovan picked up the ball and calmly slotted the ball home, off the post. Not even sixty seconds had passed when David Villa found himself in space inside the box. His first effort was parried, but he kept his composure and flicked the ball over the prostrate keeper and off the kindly woodwork once more.
The D Team thought they were home and dry, but deep into injury time a long ball caught out the D-defence and Asomoah Gyan took advantage, out-muscling Martin Demichelis before hammering the ball beyond James.
A cagey period of extra-time ensued with both teams seemingly happy to offer up their Alphabet World Cup future to the penalty gods. Spotless spotkicks from The Letter D put Steven Gerrard in the unenviable position of having to score to keep the letter G in the competition. With James grinning like a gibbon, Gerrard's nerve failed and his weak penalty was easily palmed away by veteran Dave. The Letter K await The Letter D in the quarter-finals.
Second Round Results
The Letter D 2-2 The Letter G (The Letter D win 5-4 on penalties)
The Letter B 0-2 The Letter H
The Letter K 2-1 The Letter P
The Letter L 6-4 The Letter M
The Letter T 4-1 The Letter U
The Letter V 2-2 The Letter R (The Letter V win 2-1 on penalties)
Own Goals 0-0 Players' Names Who Start and Begin With the Same Letter (Players' Names... win 1-0 on penalties)
The Letter Y 0-2 Players' Names That Appear in the Dictionary
Quarter-final Draw
The Letter D vs The Letter K
The Letter H vs The Letter L
The Letter T vs Players' Names Who Start and Begin With the Same Letter
The Letter V vs Players' Names That Appear in the Dictionary
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