Its all over. A month of excitement, thrill, anger and desperation has come to an end.
The Champs
Let me first congratulate SPAIN who were crowned the champions of Fifa World Cup 2010. They have shown us that they are indeed the beast side the country has ever produced. They have finally lifted the trophy after a long wait, thanks to their ability to keep possession and pass the ball brilliantly. However, i thought they were not as convincing as they were in the Euro. They lacked the goal scoring power. One of their prolific strikers Torres being out of form, much was depended on the David Villa. The new Barca star delivered his best with 5 goals. Eventually, they got want they were playing for, even if it meant to be the lowest scoring champions. Felicitaciones España.
The Runners Up
The Dutch were a little interesting when it came to the style of play but became vulnerable to Spain's 'passing' game. They were frustrated which is evident just by looking at the number of cards they managed to collect. Webb was definitely not to the person blame in this case. The biggest feat that the dutch achieved was knocking out Brazil.That is they turned heroes for Pro-Argentines and villains for the Pro-Brazilians and I seriously do not know how many people supported The NEDs before the start of the tournament. Over all it was great watching Robben and Sneijder rising their team to new heights.
The Most Entertaining Team
This award will undoubltedly go to the Germans. The young team who was led by defender Philipp Lahm in the absence of their captain Michael Ballack, performed exceptionally well. This team had exhibited some new talents like Muller and Ozil alongside stars like Schweinsteiger, Klose and Podolski. What amazed me was that most of the players in the squad were not of German descent. If everything goes well, this team can win some titles for their fans.
The Latin American Heroes
Uruguay, and not Brazilians or Argentinians deserve this title. The team had a great tournament with their in-form striker Forlan leading the line up. The Latin-American side had an amazing start by not only restricting France but also topping their group. They deserved to be in the semis. There is only one instance, that we can blame them for. Though, it cant be blamed on the entire team one player is to be blamed. Suarez tried to substitute the keeper for a while against Ghana. That was a real disappointment.
The Latin American disaster
This is how the one of my cousins coined the exits of Brazil and Argentina. The Somewhat ‘entertaining’ Brazil and the ‘Coach + one man army’ Argentina lost it again. While Brazil lost it to silly defensive errors to the Dutch, their neighbours were outplayed by the German army. Even though, there we saw some good individual works, both the teams failed to work as a unit. Lionel Messi will; be all the more frustrated as he failed to find the net even once in the tournament but showed the world why he is considered the best in business.
The Black Stars
They need a special applause, as they were the only nation who could advance to the second stage. They went one step further and reached the quarters and gave us plenty to watch for in that match. It was very sad to hear (I missed the match) that Gyan had missed the chance to take them to the semis. Nevertheless, it was a brilliant performance from them.
The Best League in the World Failed Again
Stars from the beast and the most talked about league in the world had a very bad outing. Everything seemed well till the qualifiers for England. Suddenly the team which was being rooted as one of the probables found it difficult to secure their place in the second round. The English failed to tackle the German. Though they were unlucky to have disallowed a goal, they failed when it came to cutting down the counter attacks.
The European Ousted
The defending champs Italy had only a brief role to play in this edition. I was not expecting them to retain the trophy but at least expected them to do better than this. Similar was the fate of last edition’s runners up. France had been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The reasons were: The coach, his decision to use Henry to warm the bench, Anelka’s ousted and the drama following it.
There were some good performances by other teams as well. Like the Portuguese scoring 7 against DPR, Ivory Coast resisting CR7 and his boys, South Africa’s triumph over France, etc. Overall it lacked the excitement and hype which was created before the tournament began, still enjoyed it. Now the wait for the nest WC begins. See you on the other side. Take care.
