2010 South Africa World Cup

[venomsnake]

Dutch return to heroes' welcome:








More pics:
http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1049/Oranje/phot ... anje.dhtml

[venomsnake]

[conorcasey]

lol they seem happier than the spaniards

btw, is that DJ armen van buuren?

[venomsnake]

btw, is that DJ armen van buuren?

Yes :)

[pabz]

The Karate Pig.

[venomsnake]

Thats what the Madrid scum asked for.

[Hawk]

btw, is that DJ armen van buuren?

Yes :)

great song choice by van buuren! the dutch always know how to party

[maniaFCB]

One of the lasting images of the WC for me will be the Paraguayan model bouncing about that was posted here a while back. Here is a link of a gallery of shots of this beauty I happened upon on EMD. Not all are work appropriate!

http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/web/gen/ ... 539-1.html

[IndoCulé]

For the very first time I pity Alonso after that incident.

[IndoCulé]

[venomsnake]

great song choice by van buuren!

[Hawk]

Thats the one.

Clubbers go crazy when its played.

[trail_hehe]

Iniesta pick up a star for Spanish

In a game when a record number of yellow cards were given and John Heitinga was sent off in extra-time, both sides missed great chances from Arjen Robben and Cesc Fabregas, but Andres Iniesta netted in the 116th minute to give European champions Spain their first World Cup title.

The solitary goal came with penalties looming as substitute Cesc Fabregas played in Iniesta and the little midfielder drove emphatically across Maarten Stekelenburg and into the far corner. With this victory – their fourth successive single-goal win in South Africa – Spain became the eighth name on the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy and also the first European team to have triumphed on a different continent. For the Netherlands, who lost defender John Heitinga to a red card in extra time, there is only the heartache of another tale of what might have been after they completed a hat-trick of Final losses.

This was a match preceded by much talk of two like-minded footballing cultures, of the influence of Dutchmen like Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels, of 'tiki taka' and Total Football. In many ways, as the first 116 minutes showed, it was also a case of the irresistible force versus the immovable object. The Dutch had won 14 straight games to get to the Final, in qualifying and the tournament proper, and Spain 15 out of 16, their only slip the defeat by Switzerland in their first game here in South Africa.

The game will be noted for the flurry of cards - 14 in all - starting in the 14th minute when Howard Webb booked Robin van Persie.

Pretty soon combative midfield duo Mark van Bommel and Nigel de Jong joined him for challenges - a late lunge on Joan Capdevila and a kung fu kick on Xabi Alonso respectively - that could easily have ended their evening.

It certainly made for unsightly viewing at times, but Vicente del Bosque's side did play some exquisite passing football at times, with Xavi and Iniesta helping Spain dominate possession. The best first-half chance fell to Sergio Ramos but his header from Xavi's cross was palmed away superbly by Maarten Stekelenburg.

With the orange sections of the 84,490 Soccer City crowd finding their voice, Bert van Marwijk's men almost gave them something to sing about from a corner in the 37th minute. Robben rolled the ball to Mark van Bommel on the edge of the box and although he failed to make a clean connection he unwittingly diverted the ball on to the unmarked Mathijsen but the defender missed his kick.

Netherlands struggled to get into the game but in the second-half were handed a golden opportunity in the 62nd minute to take the lead; Spain skipper Iker Casillas making a quite brilliant save to deny Robben after the former Chelsea star had been set free by Sneijder.

Robben must have thought he had done everything right. Running at pace - past a stranded Carles Puyol - until he saw the whites of Casillas' eyes, he shaped to go one way, then placed his shot to the other corner. Casillas was committed in the other direction but stuck out a leg and turned the effort wide.

It was by some distance the best opportunity of the regulation 90 minutes, although Ramos had another decent opening himself heading umarked over the bar.

Extra time began with opportunities for Spain. Xavi failed to connect when well positioned and when the ball ran to Villa, his shot went wide off an orange shirt. Substitute Fabregas then broke clear on to Iniesta's through-ball but was foiled by Stekelenburg. Mathijsen headed wide from a corner but like waves, Spanish attacks kept rolling on to the Netherlands back line and Navas was close with a shot deflected into the side-netting.

Fernando Torres replaced Villa midway through the extra period and Spain gained a man advantage four minutes later with Heitinga's dismissal for pulling back Iniesta on the edge of the box, the offence earning him a second yellow. Iniesta would not be denied, however, and his fine late strike put Spain into the history books and left a Dutch dream shattered.

source : http://worldcupsouthafrica2010-report.blogspot.com/

[Emilfu]

So in short, what you're saying is that Iniesta scored the winning goal, and Spain won the world cup! OMG! Why havent I been notified before now..

Oh wait..

[fcb fan from t.o.]

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