Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas kisses the World Cup trophy as team mate Carles Puyol (R) celebrates after their final match victory over Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray
Finally,the ?holy? month is over. We are all done with the most boring world cup ever. The industrialized football issue dominated the ?thing? through this period and caused the supporters to get over very annoying games consisting of the damned vuvuzela, defensive football in cheap quality (not like Mourinho style) and the referee mistakes.
Spain’s Andres Iniesta (R) celebrates scoring a goal during their 2010 World Cup final soccer match against Netherlands at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Spain becomes the first champion which has won the title after losing their opening game. They had lost against Switzerland but then they dominated all their games as they did in EURO 2008. The most interesting point was that they defeated The Netherlands whose most famous player of all times, Johann Cruyff has settled down the infrastructure of Spanish football. Though David Villa seems to be the shining star for the team by scoring 5 goals, I think it was Iker Casillas who has shown a marvellous performance in every game. In the final, he deflected two certain attempts of Arjen Robben which made them get closer to hold the cup.
The Netherlands played in a harsh tackling strategy as they were expected but they could not arrange the balance while being aggressive. It was the tolerence of Howard Webb, the English referee, that saved them from having early red cards through the game. I still cannot believe that Mark Van Bommel ended the cup without having seen any red card.
Netherlands’ John Heitinga (2nd R) receives a red card from referee Howard Webb of England after a foul on Spain’s Andres Iniesta during the 2010 World Cup final soccer match at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
The current generation of Spain has become a legend and their average age is only 26 which means that they will continue to dominate the world football in the following years. Some players like Fabregas, Mata, Jesus Navas are under 25 so they will have lots of victories in the upcoming tournaments probably.
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Posted at: 2010-07-05 14:38:45
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Football World Cup = an arena of everyday cosmopolitanism?
Oslo, Saturday afternoon. Several thousands people are watching Germany-Argentina on the big screen. The man opposite to me is wearing the German jersey. He is not German, but Norwegian. He is not the only one who identified with the”others? during the World Cup. Not only teams from the rich ?West? are popular. A few days ago, people from all nationalities cheered on Ghana. Norwegian TV2 interviewed fans of the Ivory Coast team in South Africa. Ivory Coast fans came from all over the world, and many of them were neither black nor from the Ivory Coast.
Submitted by: Luga
Posted at: 2010-07-08 08:18:10
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Playing by the rules: as in football, so in life?
The 2010 World Cup, which concludes tomorrow, has had more than its fair share of controversy over players? commitment to upholding the rules of the game. We had Thierry Henry?s handball in the last of the pre-tournament qualifying matches, Frank Lampard?s goal-that-should-have-been against Germany and Luis Suarez?s save-that-shouldn?t-have-been against Ghana. Should we be concerned by all these broken rules? According to philosopher Peter Singer, the answer is yes. Sport?s increasingly ?win at all costs? ethos can?t be at the expense of normal ethical standards. Here?s what Singer had to say about the response of the German goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, to Lampard?s goal:
Nigeria: Who changed the President’s mind? Facebook or FIFA?
Nigeria is not a country known for its responsive leaders. High-level politicians rarely engage with the electorate, and it’s commonly complained that the voice of the people goes unheard. But newly-confirmed President Goodluck Jonathan may be changing that: a few weeks ago he opened a Facebook account, and two days later reversed a controversial decision after hundreds of fans posted disappointed reactions on his wall.
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from Mashable! by Josh Catone
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World Cup victory ‘may offset recession in Spain’
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By Belen Bogado
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World Cup 2010?s Dubious Linguistic Achievement
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