My World Cup Moments

Hi Everyone,

South Africa has hosted the World Cup 2010 successfully. We saw upsets and suprising moments and also victory for Spain! These are some of my World Cup 2010 @ South Africa moments:

1. Spain won the World Cup 2010 @ South Africa for the first time by beating Netherlands 1-0
2. Germany won 3rd place by beating Uruguay, 3-2. Uruguay has did well in this World Cup although they were placed 4th. They were the best South American nation to reach the 3rd place / 4th place finish stage. 4 South American teams qualified for the Quarter Finals stage. The 4 countries were Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
3. Spain beat Germany 1-0 at the Semi Finals.
4. Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 at the Semi Finals.
5. Argentina was eliminated at the Round of 16 stage by Germany. They received a 4-0 thrashing
6. Brazil was also knocked out 1-2 by the Netherlands at the Round of 16 stage. A goal from Netherlands saw the Brazillian goalkeeper slightly touching the ball together with another Brazillian player. The ball then deflected to the net. It was an own goal. This goal allowed Netherlands to equalise 1-1 after Brazil scored the 1st goal after 10 minutes.
7. Germany thrashed England 4-1 at the Round of 16 stage. England did not quality for the finals of the World Cup again. England was denied a goal in this match. The ball went inside the goal and bounced up and down. It did not touched the net at the back. According to the rules, it was supposed to be a goal but it was not given.
8. Italy, the 2006 World Cup winner was knocked out of the World Cup @ South Africa at the last match of the group stage by Slovakia. They beat Italy 3-2. Italy only managed to score at he 81st and 92 minutes. Slovakia was leading Italy 3-1 after 90 minutes of play.
9. Robert Green, England's goalkeeper made a blunder which made U.S.A to score one goal against them at their opening game. The game ended 1-1
10. France also was knocked out at the group stage. At the last game between France and South Africa, the host nation beat France 2-1.
11. Portugal thrashed North Korea 7-0 at the 2nd group game. North Korea was beaten 2-1 by Brazil at their 1st game. It was a nice moment to know that North Korea scored a goal against Brazil
12. It is also good to see that Asian countries especially Korea and Japan made it to the Round of 16. Japan beat Denmark 3-1 in the group stage. Korea also scored 2 goals against Greece.
13. Spain lost to Switzerland at the opening group game 1-0. Spain then went on to win the World Cup and created history.
14. There were a few disputed calls made by the umpire. One of those was the Germany vs England game as explained above. Harry Kewell was sent off in one of Australia's matches. Argentina seemed to score a goal at an offside position. Some umpires or linesman were suspended temporarily as a result of this.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo