Saturday, October 9, 2010
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Just minutes after learning of his award, the adidas Golden Ball winner for the 2010 FIFA World Cup granted an exclusive interview to FIFA.com.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Spain vs. Netherlands World Cup Final
Hundreds of millions of people were glued on their seats in front of their TV set when Germany and Spain battled against each other in the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. For the second time only and the first time ever since the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, Spain will play a semi-final World Cup match. The only time they played in the semis of the competition, they finished fourth. Germany, meanwhile, failed to reach this round only 5 times out of 17 World Cup appearances. So Spain have never beaten Germany in a World Cup. Carles Puyol’s headed goal against Germany was the Spanish answer to the burden of history: it propelled Spain to their first World Cup Final, and also went a long way to shedding the anachronistic tag of ‘underachievers’ that pundits habitually bestow upon them.
Ever since Spain’s shock loss to Switzerland in their opening game, they have played a cagey brand of football that sporadically culminates into genuine attacking threat. Though it was Puyol that ended Germany’s World Cup on Wednesday, it is still Villa that shapes the Spanish attack. Quite apart from being an awesome striker, he is also a highly intelligent footballer.
Of course, what makes the Final even more intriguing is that the Netherlands have never won the World Cup either. The last moment of glory for the Dutch came in 1988, when they were crowned European Champions. The first semi final was an open game until the last minute. Both Uruguay and the Netherlands have played a game each at the Cape Town Stadium. Uruguay
opened that venue with a 0-0 draw against France on June 11 whereas the Netherlands secured a 2-1 win over Cameroon on Match-day Three to maintain their 100% record at the 2010 FIFA World Cup With a clear presence of both sides in the midfield, Netherlands' individual capabilities turned to be enough to get the Dutch a place in the final. Netherlands 14th consecutive victory has granted the Oranje a place in the final.
Spain and the Netherlands can rewrite the history of football. One of them will finally be able to thumb their nose at the likes of Brazil, Italy, Germany, and Argentina, winners who have long enjoyed special privilege as the trendsetters in world football.
Ever since Spain’s shock loss to Switzerland in their opening game, they have played a cagey brand of football that sporadically culminates into genuine attacking threat. Though it was Puyol that ended Germany’s World Cup on Wednesday, it is still Villa that shapes the Spanish attack. Quite apart from being an awesome striker, he is also a highly intelligent footballer.
Of course, what makes the Final even more intriguing is that the Netherlands have never won the World Cup either. The last moment of glory for the Dutch came in 1988, when they were crowned European Champions. The first semi final was an open game until the last minute. Both Uruguay and the Netherlands have played a game each at the Cape Town Stadium. Uruguay
opened that venue with a 0-0 draw against France on June 11 whereas the Netherlands secured a 2-1 win over Cameroon on Match-day Three to maintain their 100% record at the 2010 FIFA World Cup With a clear presence of both sides in the midfield, Netherlands' individual capabilities turned to be enough to get the Dutch a place in the final. Netherlands 14th consecutive victory has granted the Oranje a place in the final.Spain and the Netherlands can rewrite the history of football. One of them will finally be able to thumb their nose at the likes of Brazil, Italy, Germany, and Argentina, winners who have long enjoyed special privilege as the trendsetters in world football.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Netherlands vs. Spain 2010 World Cup Final
Netherlands that have never won the world cup before has already advance to the final and the Spain finally, reach the final from winning against the Germany with a score of 1:0 and face Netherlands to 2010 World Cup final on July 11, Sunday, 20.30 (local time) at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. This would be a match that should be watch, both Netherlands and Spain have never won the world cup before.
The world cup is held every 4 years and this is the first ever world cup that held outside of Europe, the next world cup that would be on 2014 will be hosted by Brazil.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Germany vs. Spain Semi-Final World Cup 2010
Don't miss the exciting match of Germany-Spain semi-final 2010 world cup at Durban on July 7, 20.30(local time)This is the 4th times that the said teams face each other in FIFA world cup. Who do think will face the Netherlands in the finals? Although this is the first time that the spain have reached the semi-final they have also done more attacking than anyone and ofcourse what would you expect for Germany that got a #2 rank from a previous FIFA World Cups? So this is indeed a match.
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2010 World Cup Semi-finals Netherlands vs. Uruguay
Catch the most awaited match of a world cup semi-finals 2010. Uruguay vs. Netherlands at Cape Town, July 6(Tuesday), 20.30 local time.
Who would it be will make it to the finals? The Uruguay-Netherlands soccer 2010 match is indeed difficult to prognosticate as the said teams unexpectedly made it to the semi-finals with their previous statistical worldcup rankings Netherlands got the #8 rank while the Uruguay got the #9 rank.
Netherlands coach, Bert Van Marwijk said "It will be a very dangerous match. The euphoria at home is massive at the moment and maybe it's good that we're so far away and can't witness it. We really need to concentrate on Uruguay and that won’t be easy. They didn't reach the semi final for nothing, so we have to really focus again and not think that we're already there,". The Uruguay coach, Oscar Tabarez said "Holland are tough opponents. They’ve not lost for almost two years. This generation is a little different to the traditional Holland - they are a very balanced side. At the back they give nothing away, they link well in midfield, and up front, they have hard-running, technically capable players like Van Bommel, Sneijder and Robben. They’re always on the front foot, looking to attack. It’ll be very difficult - but not impossible,".(www.fifa.com)
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Who would it be will make it to the finals? The Uruguay-Netherlands soccer 2010 match is indeed difficult to prognosticate as the said teams unexpectedly made it to the semi-finals with their previous statistical worldcup rankings Netherlands got the #8 rank while the Uruguay got the #9 rank.
Netherlands coach, Bert Van Marwijk said "It will be a very dangerous match. The euphoria at home is massive at the moment and maybe it's good that we're so far away and can't witness it. We really need to concentrate on Uruguay and that won’t be easy. They didn't reach the semi final for nothing, so we have to really focus again and not think that we're already there,". The Uruguay coach, Oscar Tabarez said "Holland are tough opponents. They’ve not lost for almost two years. This generation is a little different to the traditional Holland - they are a very balanced side. At the back they give nothing away, they link well in midfield, and up front, they have hard-running, technically capable players like Van Bommel, Sneijder and Robben. They’re always on the front foot, looking to attack. It’ll be very difficult - but not impossible,".(www.fifa.com)
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
World Cup 2010 Qualifying Teams
A total of 205 teams entered the qualification competition and played the first matches on August 25, 2007 ended up with 32 qualified teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It was a series of tournaments organized by the six FIFA confederations held at South Africa and as the host South Africa is automatically qualified for World Cup.
The world cup has a qualification process that started in August 2007 and ended in November 2009. And the teams that made it to the World Cup 2010 are South Africa rank#85, Japan rank#40, Australia rank#24, Korea Republic rank# 48, Netherlands rank#3, Korea DPR rank#91, Brazil rank#1, Ghana rank#38, England rank#7, Spain rank#2, Paraguay rank#21, Côte d'Ivoire rank#19, Germany rank#5, Denmark rank#27, Serbia rank#20, Italy rank#4, Chile rank#17, Mexico rank#18, United States rank#11, Switzerland rank#13, Slovakia rank#33, Argentina rank#6, Honduras rank#35, New Zealand rank#83, Nigeria rank#32, Cameroon rank#14, Algeria rank#29, Greece rank#16, Slovenia rank#49, Portugal rank#10, France rank#9 and Uruguay rank#25.
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The world cup has a qualification process that started in August 2007 and ended in November 2009. And the teams that made it to the World Cup 2010 are South Africa rank#85, Japan rank#40, Australia rank#24, Korea Republic rank# 48, Netherlands rank#3, Korea DPR rank#91, Brazil rank#1, Ghana rank#38, England rank#7, Spain rank#2, Paraguay rank#21, Côte d'Ivoire rank#19, Germany rank#5, Denmark rank#27, Serbia rank#20, Italy rank#4, Chile rank#17, Mexico rank#18, United States rank#11, Switzerland rank#13, Slovakia rank#33, Argentina rank#6, Honduras rank#35, New Zealand rank#83, Nigeria rank#32, Cameroon rank#14, Algeria rank#29, Greece rank#16, Slovenia rank#49, Portugal rank#10, France rank#9 and Uruguay rank#25.
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