2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP: THE BIG G.U.N.S!

The four teams left to battle it out for the coveted world cup are:
Germany
Uruguay
Netherlands
Spain
and what do you have? G.U.N.S!
The big guns are out and blazing.

The Netherlands




The first semi final was between Uruguay and the Netherlands. Uruguay, the only team left representing South America. They faced one of the three European teams, the Netherlands, who are in their best form on the pitch. The match was played out at the gorgeous Green Point stadium, Cape Town.
I got an invite to go watch the match live at the stadium, but had to decline, my mom is experiencing poor health. What a great gesture though, ~Infinite thanks!~

The match got off to a tentative start, until the magnificent goal came from Giovanni Van Bronkhorst for the Dutch. The tempo of the game improved and Diego Forlán equalised for the Uruguains.
The first half ended with both teams on 1-1.

The second half had more action and saw 3 more goals scored. Sneijder softly slipped the ball past Uruguaian goalkeeper, Muslera. The third Dutch goal came in quick succession, a header by Arjen Robben.
Uruguay's biggest hope of coming back into the match, Diego Forlan, was taken off the pitch towards the last minutes of the game.
At 90 minutes Uruguay won a free kick, it was expertly taken and they scored their second goal. The game went into stoppage time and Uruguay was on the attack but the score ended 3-2 and the Dutch going to paint Johannesburg Orange on Sunday 11 July 2010.
It looks like Uruguay missed the goalkeeping skills of Luis Suarez!

Uruguay

Fernando Muslera

Tonight's semi final is between Spain and Germany. Germany have been on fire, with mostly a youthful team. The team has shocked a few naysayyers who didnt think the team would go far without the expertise of experienced players like Michael Ballack. But the young players in the squad took the spotlight and shone, Podolski was a revelation!
Will coach, Joachim Loew, come out triumphant against the Spaniards?

Germany

Michael Ballack


Podolski


Joachim Loew


Spain
Spain didnt start their world cup campaign on the right foot, with a loss to Switzerland, but they came back and showed their class by ending at the top of their group log.
On their journey to the semis, they beat Paraguay and sent Portugal packing home.
The team has big names in Torres, Fabregas and Villa.


Fabregas

David Villa is a contender for this year's golden boot and will surely add another goal to his tally against Germany tonight.


Villa

The 2010 World Cup final is set to be an all European affair!

2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP: Drama

The Quarter finals have been brimming with DRAMA and shock upsets.
Favourites Brazil, on their way to capturing a 6th world cup, lost to an indomitable Netherlands side. The South Americans, coached by former player, Dunga, were ahead in goals. The Netherlands came from behind to snatch a victory, stifling the Samba dance.

The Black Stars of Ghana's chances of being the first African team to reach the semis were obliterated by Uruguay.
Ghana's Muntari scored the opening goal just before the close of the first half, 1-0.
Diego Forlan equalized for Uruguay with a setpiece that curled past the goalkeeper into the back of the net.
The match went into extra time. With 30seconds of extra time remaining, Ghana received a free kick that saw major scrambling in the box. The Uruguaian keeper was out of position, the striker, Suarez stood on the goal line. He prevented a goal, headed by Appiah, by using his hands. He was spotted and received the RED card, becoming the 12th player to be sent off the field.



Ghana received a penalty, and the golden striker, Asemoah Gyan stood over the Jobulani ball, carrying the hopes of all 800 million Africans. He kicked and the ball hit the goalposts. You could hear a pin drop when thousands of hearts stopped beating.


Asemoah Gyan (with Kevin Prince Boateng)

The game went into a penalty shoot-out. The first two players, on both teams, scored. Both the 3rd players missed. Ghana missed the 4th. Uruguay scored and tore the African heart apart.
Luis Suarez became a hero for his country, and the most despised player in Africa.

The Black Stars of Ghana became the Black Stars of Africa! We look forward to the brilliance of this courageous team in the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

Maradona's Argentinian side will meet their South American compatriots, Brazil, at the airport. This team looked like potential winners of the tournament.
Tevez scored thrilling goals. Higuain was a golden boot contender with 4 goals.



Lionel Messi was instrumental in setting up the goals which saw them reach the Quarter finals.
Germany took an early lead. Argentina equalised but the linesman had his flag up, the goal was disallowed as an offside. The Germans carried on with the onslaught they brought on England and annihilated Argentina by 4 goals to none.



Germany meets Spain in their next encounter.
The other semi final is between Uruguay and the Netherlands.
I have no favourites at all out of these four teams left, I will back Spain though to win. This world cup has been an anti-climax, personally.

Semi Finals
Netherlands v Uruguay (Uru)
Germany v Spain (Spain)

Finals
Uruguay v Spain (Spain)

Past winners

Year Host Country Winner Score
1930 Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay 4-2 Argentina
1934 Italy Italy Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia
1938 France Italy Italy 4-2 Hungary
1942 not held
1946 not held
1950 Brazil Uruguay Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
1954 Switzerland Germany Germany 3-2 Hungary
1958 Sweden Brazil Brazil 5-2 Sweden
1962 Chile Brazil Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
1966 England England England 4-2 Germany
1970 Mexico Brazil Brazil 4-1 Italy
1974 Germany Germany Germany 2-1 Holland
1978 Argentina Argentina Argentina 3-1 Holland
1982 Spain Italy Italy 3-1 Germany
1986 Mexico Argentina Argentina 3-2 Germany
1990 Italy Germany Germany 1-0 Argentina
1994 US Brazil Brazil 3-2 Italy
1998 France France France 3-0 Brazil
2002 Japan / S. Korea Brazil Brazil 2-0 Germany
2006 Germany Italy Italy 1-1 (5-3) France
2010 South Africa


VS Yonke

2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP in pics

32 teams
64 matches
8 groups
6 African nations

South Africa (Group A) Mexico, France, Uruguay - Mexico, Uruguay (16) - Uruguay (QF)
Nigeria (Group B) Argentina, Greece, Korea Rep - Korea Rep, Argentina (16) Argentina (QF)
Algeria (Group C) England, USA, Slovenia - USA, England (16)
Ghana (Group D) Germany, Serbia, Australia - Ghana, Germany (16) Ghana (QF), Germany (QF)
Cameroon (Group E) Japan, Denmark, Netherlands - Japan, Netherlands (16)
Ivory Coast (Group G) Korea DPR, Brazil, Portugal - Portugal, Brazil (16)
Group F Italy, Slovakia, Paraguay, New Zealand - Slovakia, Paraguay (16)
Group H Honduras, Chile, switzerland, Spain - Spain, Chile (16)

The South African organised FIFA world cup kicked off without many glitches on 11 June 2010.
Thats if you're not counting the billions of rands spent on infrastructure and stadia in the space of 6years when not much was done with the available resources to uplift the lives of the citizens in the 16years of free rule.
Thats also if you dont count the thousands who lost their temporary employment during the world cup when they got paid less than what they were told by Stallion Security Consortium.

Other than those sore points, the opening match was between the hosts, South Africa -Bafana, and Central Americans, Mexico. Bafana Bafana drew the match with Mexico 1-1, Siphiwe Tshabalala scored a beauty of a goal for Bafana.
Mexico went through the round of 16, and lost to Argentina - another bad referee decision (allowed an offside as goal (Teves), which demoralised the Mexicans).

The number 17 Mexican forward set the TV screens ablaze, with his quick moves on the pitch and God given good looks, thank you God!
Feast your eyes on Giovani Dos Santos...






The next hurdle was the South American, Uruguay team. They clobbered us 3-0, thanks to a bad decision by referee Bussaca when he gave a red card to golden goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune. Whats even worse is that scoring opportunity by Suarez was an offside!



The blue eyed blonde, Diego Forlan, made no mistakes and buried the tricky Jobulani ball in the goal net. Bafana dropped their game and lost the match. Uruguay went through the round of 16, and progressed to the Quarter finals to face Ghana.





The final group A match was with 1998 champions and 2006 winners France. France just barely made it to South Africa with the alleged Thierry Henry handball goal against Ireland.
They didnt do well when they got here either, drew with Uruguay, lost to Mexico and Bafana. There was animosity within the French camp, involving coach Domenech. Les bleu bowed out of the competition in the first round. Thierry Henry didnt get much match time either.





The group I was watching with great interest is group A with Bafana, and Dos Santos as an added bonus. Bafana made history, by being the 1st host nation to bow out in the group stages. But they left fighting and kicking in the last match with Les Bleu, winning 2-1. Goals by Bongani Khumalo and Katlego Mphela.

The 2006 defending champs, Italy, were kicked out in the group stages by Slovakia. I celebrated with Zinedine Zidane, dont you just love karma! France were the rightful champs for 2006!



For the first time Six African countries participated, and I followed these and wanted them to go further.
Only Ghana went past the group stages into the round of 16, where they sent the USA packing. They face Uruguay in the Quarter finals. Ghana has a couple of hotties in Andre Ayew and Kevin Prince Boateng.






Kevin Boateng, scored a goal in the round of 16 match that brought USA to its knees in their 2-1 victory!





Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast



Ivory coast was in the toughest group with Portugal and 5time winners, Brazil. Portugal beat Korea DPR 7-0 and made it extra hard for the Ivorians to stage a comeback.
They drew with Portugal, beat Korea and the higlight was the match with Brazil. Fabiano used his hands when he scored, the referee saw it and let it go. But as karma would have it, Keita, an Ivorian took a leaf from the Brazillians and gave a theatrical dive when Kaka elbowed him. Kaka got a red card.
The mighty elephants didnt make the circle bigger as they exited in the group stages as well.


Victor Enyeama, Nigeria



Saved many possible goals during the group stages for his country, but sadly the Super Eagles didnt soar in this 2010 tournament.
Nigeria came up against South Korea, they were subdued by Argentina, and got a red card during the match with Greece.In a moment of craziness, Kaita kicked a Greek player out of the blue. He woke up to an inbox full of death threats the next day. Soccer is a beautiful game of passion!


Samuel Etoo, Cameroon



The Indomitable lions of Cameroon had the poorest showing during this tournament. They failed to live up to their reputation and illustrious history of previous tournaments.

Algeria, the Desert Foxes

Were in Group C along with England, USA and Slovenia. USA and England passed to the group of 16, and were both knocked out. England had the best names in English Premiership, but had a dismal showing.
Their match with Germay had poor refereeing again, disallowing a Lampard goal, and they crumbled to a 4-1 loss to Germany.
The US met with Ghana, Boateng scored to give advantage to the Africans. USA got a free kick and scored, they mostly score from set pieces. Gyan nailed the Yankee coffin in extra time with a brilliant goal, seeing the Black Stars to a 2-1 victory and a spot in the Quarter finals.
~INFINITE SHINE~ Black Stars of Ghana, the hope of Africa!

Quarter Finals

Ghana v Uruguay (Ghana)
Germany v Argentina (Argentina)
Brazil v Netherlands (Netherlands)
Spain v Paraguay (Spain)

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2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP: FIFA Fraud

JOHANNESBURG. ‘Fingers’ Blatter, the shadowy head of an international money-making syndicate known as ‘Feefa’, says he is pleased with the final preparations ahead of the start of his latest caper, codenamed Operation Rob The Gullible Darkies Blind While Convincing Them This Was Their Idea, also known as the World Cup. “Eeeexcellent,” murmured Blatter stroking his pet iguana.

Forensic investigators suggest that once the month-long heist is complete, Blatter and his international gang will have made off with around $2-billion in profit, while its victims – the South African taxpayer – will be around $1-billion poorer.

“It’s a brilliant scheme,” explained lead investigator Papertrail Nyanda.

“South Africa spends about $4-billion, of which it will recoup about $2.7-billion. Either way, Fingers and his gang walk away with their two billion.

“In other words, the South African government is suckered into burning $1.3 billion it doesn’t have to create a massive smokescreen behind which Fingers and the lads make their getaway.

“It’s money for nothing and the chicks for free.”

Meanwhile Blatter confirmed that Operation Rob The Gullible Darkies Blind While Convincing Them This Was Their Idea was on track for a smooth execution later this week.

“The amazing thing is that they still don’t suspect anything,” he chortled, tossing chocolate raisins to his iguana, Danny Jordaan.

“They think it’s about football, the poor bumpkins!”

He said none of the expected hitches had occurred.

“We weren’t sure how we were going to get the loot out of the country undetected,” he said. “But then they changed the laws of the Republic and made my guys exempt from tax laws and exchange controls.

“Short of actually being accomplices they couldn’t have been nicer.”

Meanwhile the government is adamant that hosting the World Cup was the right thing to do, despite half the country being unemployed and a third living in abject poverty.

“Yes, we could have used that R40-billion to build 700,000 RDP houses,” said spokesman Circus Maximus Magubane.

“But if we had done that then Wayne Rooney would never have come here and actually touched us.

“I am never washing my hand again, ever.”

Meanwhile five million South Africans have also confirmed that they will not be washing their hands again, ever, largely because they do not have access to clean running water. 

(written by Hayibo!)

2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP recap

Just a week since the long awaited soccer world cup began, and a lot of drama has ensued since.
The opening concert started things off with a bang, Alicia Keys gracing our stages with love child in belly!
Angelique Kidjo and John Legend did a duet of the Amstel Advert song, it was great!
The Blk Jax revived the crowd with the Joina Umzabalazo song.
Shakira was a showstopper lip-syncing She wolf and Waka Waka, her hips didnt lie, though.

We woke up to the sad news of the passing of Mandela's great granddaughter in a one car crash, isnt karma just a bitch. The sins of the father are indeed visited upon his next generation.
It didnt dampen the spirits as the vuvuzela were the only audible sounds in the streets, and a sea of golden Bafana shirts.
And the boys didnt dissapoint, drawing 1-1 with Mexico on the opening match at Soccer city. Our hopes rode high, as we foresaw Bafana Bafana lifting the world cup trophy.

But it wasnt to be, as our dreams were dashed by the Swiss referee, Busacca.
During the S.A vs Uruguay match, the referee made the worst decision in world cup history by giving a red card to goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, leaving only 10 players in the field. Uruguay proceeded to win the match with a 3-0 score.


CAPE TOWN. I knew that this Swiss referee Busacca was an agent, so I conducted a bit background investigation. Busacca was courting former beauty queen, Jacqui Mofokeng. She turned him down on numerous counts, leaving him jilted and scorned. He swore revenge. Last night he got reveng on Khune, Jacqui's boy toy.
More on www.vuyokaziyonke.blogspot.com


Crossing over to the Hayibo offices, they report:

PRETORIA. Massimo Busacca, the Swiss referee who officiated over Bafana’s loss to Uruguay last night, was said this morning to be “a little tired” after a night spent cowering under his blankets waiting for a machete to split his door open. Soccer pundits have responded that it is probably customary for Busacca to sleep with one eye open as he also appears to referee with only one eye open.

Following South Africa’s decisive 3-0 loss to Uruguay in their second game of the World Cup last night, a nation united by grief has unanimously voted to adopt the Swiss referee as official scapegoat.

“The other option was Diego Forlan,” explained Bafana Supporters’ Association chairperson Revenge Madoda. “But we believe that man has very powerful muti in his alice-band that we don’t want to be messing with.”

Massimo Bussaca, whose name is rumoured to translate into English as ‘Maximum Butt-Sack’, awarded a controversial penalty in the 76th minute after a foul which saw goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune sent off. A lengthy gap ensued, during which time someone in the crowd who once brought on the halftime water-bottles for Kaiser Chiefs volunteered to become the replacement goalie.

“It was really nice of him,” confirmed coach Carlos Parreira. “We weren’t sure if he would fit into Khune’s shoes but as it turns out, they’re both a size ten. So that was a relief.

“And we asked him what he’s doing next Tuesday night, and he said he had plans to go to a braai but he could probably get out of it, so we’re sorted for a keeper for the France match too.”

Large portions of the home crowd began leaving the stands after Uruguayan striker Forlan netted the penalty for Uruguay’s second goal.

They have since been criticised for poor spectator etiquette, but Revenge Madoda explained that this is a misunderstanding of the situation.

“Many of them had arranged to get a lift home with Khune,” he said. “He has a sweet pimped-up kombi and you know what it’s like, when your lift leaves, you have to leave too.”

Since the game, South African police officials have announced that the Swiss referee will be assigned “around-the-clock security”.

“By which we mean that if he agrees to stay in a small holding pen around that big clock in the central courtyard of Sandton Square, no serious harm will come to him,” explained a spokesman.

“If the holding pen happens to have large gaps between the bars, through which a passer-by might want to poke a sharpened stick, or hurl an over-ripe tomato, we probably wouldn’t notice because we’ve got our hands full tracking down FIFA copyright infringements.”

courtesy of hayibo.com