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The World Cup only happens every 4 years, so thats only 20 World Cups that England could win in my lifetime. Thats if i make it to 100 years old! With this in mind and the fact that i'm supporting ENGLAND, I have changed this thing to do to 'Attend a major sporting event'. (Bring on 2012)
As the world cup has recently finished I thought I would give you all a summary of my view.
It didn't really start that well for all the major teams like France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and England losing or drawing their opening matches to the like of USA, Japan, Korea etc... France then walked out on their manager and didn't even make it into the last 16, while England lost to Germany in their worst ever World Cup defeat (4-0). There goes my hope of watching England for another 4 years!
Meanwhile in the rest of the competition Brazil and Argentina looked to be the favorites for the final, as they both played excelllent throughout the group stages. That was until the quater finals. This gave Holland and Spain the chance to beat Uruguay and Germany for there own victory.
The final was nothing special with tackles here, there and everywhere. Many different shots going on target but getting deflected one way or another. Extra time turned up and out of nowhere Andres Inesta scored with a fantastic shot in the 116th minute to give Spain their fist ever World Cup win!!!
This makes Spain only the 3rd team in history to hold both championships titles together (European and World). With the Golden Boot going to Thomas Muller of Germany and the Golden Ball going to Diego Forlan of Uruguay.
I have to say that this wasn't the best World Cup i've seen and one that I would be happy to forget.
Did your team do as well as you expected??
Did anyone go to South Africa to watch a match???
19 July 2010 at 16:17
I'm a horrible American, so I couldn't care less about Soccer. I changed this one to "Be present when UNC Basketball wins the NCAA Championship, the Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup, or the Washington Redskins win the Super Bowl."
19 July 2010 at 18:30
I knooow! I got into the spirit of it all and then we went out sooo quickly :*( *england btw*
2 August 2010 at 19:35
As an Englishman I was very disappointed with our performance. It's hard to blame the players efforts because they clearly tried but they just weren't good enough. Whether that's down to tactics, the manager's decisions or individual errors...I guess it all plays a part in why we failed to perform but I guess the great thing about being an England fan is that we're used to this at big tournaments and by the time the Euro's come in 2012, we'll probably believe that we can win it lol!
Best thing about the World Cup: Ghana showing everyone that football can bring people together no matter your country, race or religion.
Worst thing about the World Cup: Those blummin' Vuvuzelas!
4 August 2010 at 02:23
Tim, I know exactly what your saying lol. I will be supporting England again by 2012 and who knows we may be surprised! As for the vuvenzalas, whoever invented them needs a kick in the butt to put it politely!