Offsides only apply if you are directly affecting the game from your position, and Villa wasn't offside when Pedro got the ball because he wasn't even close to it at that time. So therefore there is no call. When Pedro shoots, new situation and Villa is on-side again. If we compare this to the situation when Valdez scored, the player who was offside actually tried to reach the ball (directly on the pass), which makes the offside call correct.



Spain hasn't been firing on all cylinders. Torres has been horrible, even if he did run a couple of times today, and iniesta and xavi haven't been playing the wonderful football they can do. Xabi Alonso has been sending balls over the sideline the entire tournament, and puyol has been downright bad. Casillas... no, not as good as he used to be. There are three players who are good: Villa, of course, ramos, and capdevila. That is not enough against a german team where more or less everyone is exceeding expectations. Now, it is realistic that the Spanish team play better than they have before, but they need to step it up a fair bit to win.