David Villa’s spectacular, opportunistic goal and a wonderfully-taken strike by Andres Iniesta calmed the nerves that would have accompanied the European champions to the Loftus Versfeld and it was Chile who appeared the far more agitated team. The dismissal of Marco Estrada in the aftermath of Iniesta’s goal and suspensions mean they will face Brazil without their first-choice centre-halves. Spain should have won by many more but relaxed against 10 men, allowing Chile to pull a goal back through a wild deflection. The nerves returned to haunt Spain but they had enough to hold on and now have an epic contest with Portugal in Cape Town.