World Cup 2010 Review

The World Cup has ended, and surely everybody, except if you are an American then there is a slight chance that you might not know Spain has won it. Okay as usual, synopsis from my point of view.

The Great

1. Diego Forlan

Man this guy is awesome. He scored five goals, 3 of them were the best of the tournament, including the magnificent goal against the Germans. The ball were crossed from the right and he shot it at the first time. The ball bounced on the ground and the keeper just watched helplessly when the ball reaching the net. But his greatest contribution of all, of course by bringing Uruguay as far as semi final. Who would have thought that. And he was voted as Player of the Tournament! Whooh! Looking at his past record, man this guy is kinda like a scoring machine! Alex Furgeson sure now regret to let him go in the first place. But come to think of it, he got a history of letting go his best striker, so no surprise there. Anyway, Diego Forlan, you the man! The tournament will not be as good as it is without you in it.

2. Spain

Of course, el campeón. Lost the first game against Switzerland but still manage to go all the way to the final and win the cup. Before this I always believed that passing style will never win a game. But Spain proved otherwise. And it was entertaining to watch their game. European champion, and now champion of the world, felicitación Espana.

3. the Germans

The youth team of Germany proved that to us we should never write them off in any football competition. Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, even their keeper Neuer are under 25. Meaning that they still got a plenty room to show for the next 4 years competition. Especially Mueller, he is not even 21 yet and he already bagged 5 World Cup goal, and theoretically he can play for at least another 3 competition. Third place is not that bad Deutschland. The truth is, we were entertained by your game. Keep on teaching them English how to play the real football.

4. The USA

Well team Uncle Sam showed us they must be feared within 20 years time. And they displayed entertaining game I might say. Except the game against England. Not their fault though, it was England.

5. The Jabulani ball

I know many people especially the goalkeepers hate it, but I love it man! Why? Because it gave us a lot of goals. Rediculous goals, like the one Forlan scored against Ghana. It was rediculous but beautiful, and its a goal nonetheless. Ermm don't count in the USA goal against England. It has nothing to do with the ball. Stupidity does.

6. The referees quality

Some people thought the referees quality is rediculous, but I love it man! This is one of the reason why we love football so much. So we can curse at the referees! And I hereby declared I am in the same boat with Sepp Blater. We are against the techonology!

7. Larissa Riquelme

Who? I don't know her myself but after she promised she gonna run on the street naked if Paraguay won the World Cup, I suddenly became a Paraguay fan!

The Bad

1. England

As usual, the star team of the tournament. What are football without the English team in. Bragging much they could win the competition this time, but they were trashed by the Germans in the second round 4 - 1! And the reason? The players were too tired. WTF? This is insulting man! Other footballers didn't play too?

2. Argentina

(Looking at the picture, no wonder they lost the tournament. LOL). I was hoping to see Messi shines in this tournament, but perhaps to pressure is just too great for him to handle alone. But I had never expected they will go that far anyway, because I think Maradona is not good enough to handle a national team. The biggest mistake, he brought in too many strikers (and not even that effective) and abandon good midfield like Cambiasso. Mascherano couldn't handle the midfield alone, bringing Cambiasso in perhaps could ease the pressure. But look it at the bright sight, you don't to look at Maradona running on the street naked!

3. France

I always thought France will never make it, they barely survive the qualifying group thank you to Henry Hands-of-God like assist, but I never expected it was that bad. Leaving the competition with zero points, and Anelka being sent home because he got a brawl with the coach. One thing for sure, Raymond Domenech was never up to par. He just got lucky during the 2006 because Zidane was there.

4. Italy

The defending champion didn't even reached second round. Poor sods. The problem with the Italian is that they didn't have a prolific striker. None of the first eleven of Inter were Italian if you have to know. And, they got aging players. Fabio Cannavaro at the age 36 still playing? And for the record I blamed him for at least two of the goals against Slovakia.

5. Vuvuzela

Didn't I told you before hate that fucking shit? What is with the South African and their vuvuzelas heh? It sounds like a thousand bees buzzing over your ears. I want to hear the chants God damnit!

6. Tshabalala goal celebration

Urghhh I don't like it at all. No natural happiness shown when you scored a goal. You want to do the Roger Milla's? You forgot one thing dude, he never planned it.

7. Paul the Octopus

And suddenly this sotong become so popular because it predicted the match freaking accurately. But you ruin the fun man! It's no fun to know the result before the game started! (I never get involved in sports gambling or whatsoever).

The most dramatic games

1. USA vs Slovenia - The game looked like to end 2-2 but at the dying minutes Altidore score for Uncle Sam, but again it was disallowed by the referee so the game ended 2-2 after all. crazy game, fast and entertaining.

2. Slovakia vs Italy - Italy really need to win this game but by 75th minutes, they were down to 0-2. 81th minutes, they manage to score but Slovakia seems has sealed the game when they scored again in 89th. All seems lost before Italy manage to close the gap with a beautiful goal by Quagliarella. At the dying minutes, they still tried to find the last goal they needed and they finally got their chances before Iaquinta blew it by shooting over the bar.

3. Uruguay vs Ghana - This game is one of the most talked about. Luis Suarez save the ball using his hand on the line and being sent off! On the 30th minutes of extra time! And to make it more dramatic, Asamoah Gyan failed to convert the penalty by hitting the top bar. Crazy! And then Ghana lose in the penalty shootouts. Perghh crazy game I might say.

4. Uruguay vs Germany - Uruguay was down to 2-3 and at the dying minutes they got a freekick just at the edge of the penalty box. Forlan took it only to hit the bar! Damn!

Not bad eventhough it was first time held in Africa. We will see what can the World Cup offer in the next 4 years.