Spain – The winner at FIFA World Cup Final 2010
Posted on July 12, 2010
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The FIFA World Cup Final 2010 has been a much anticipated one with all European team showdown this time. Both Netherlands and Spain have never won the World Cup before. In fact, for winner Spain, this is the first time, they have ever reach the finals of the World Cup. Netherlands have previously reached the finals of the World Cup twice. Spain is currently ranked at no.2 while Netherlands is at no.4. But finally, the European champion, Spain, overpowered the opponent and won the coveted title.
The closing ceremony was more then spectacular and it was a great evening. Shakira had fans dancing in their seats as South Africa began saying farewell to the 2010 World Cup in emotional and pulsating fashion.
Shakira, backed by South African Afro-fusion band Freshlyground, did one last rendition of the cup’s theme tune, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” after a lights show and fireworks. Also performing on Sunday was Grammy Award-winning cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The ceremony was attended by heads of state from across Africa, including South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe.
Dutch and Spanish royals were also present, as were Archbishop Desmon Tutu and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. They were rubbing shoulders with the likes of model Naomi Campbell, tennis star Rafael Nadal and Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman. Dancers wearing the colors of the 32 competing nations performed before a backdrop of pictures of stars and fans beamed onto the pitch; others dressed in white elephant costumes made their way onto the field toward large image of a watering hole.
Themes included pantsula and gumboot dancing and local jazz – all touchstones of South African music.
The closing event was one of the the main attraction for the fans and the audiences all over the world.
The final match was indeed marred by 14 yellow cards that was handed out to players of both teams. In fact, one of the players John Heitinga ofNetherlands was given a red card during the extra time. In fact, it was an agressive game today at the final match.
Spain emerged as the winner of FIFA World Cup Final 2010 after defeating the Netherlands by 1-0. The match was certainly not the most interesting game with both the teams unable to score a goal in the given one hour and thirty minutes. However, when they were given extra time of 30 minutes, Andres Iniesta scored a goal at the 116th minute which sealed the fate of the Dutch players. Thus, Spain went on to win their first ever World Cup title.
“It was a very difficult game but we have some fantastic players who knew how to respond to the problems,” said Vicente del Bosque, the Spanish coach. “We owe this to a great group of players.”
This has been a great tournament for Spain with two of their players being contenders for coveted title. David Villa of Spain was the contender for Golden Ball Award while Iker Casillas, the captain and Goal keeper of Spainwon the Golden Glove Award.
After Spain won the game, Iker Casillas, the captain, accepted the trophy from FIFA president Sepp Blatter, kissed it and raised it to the audience. After that, the whole team ran around the field showing their trophy to the audience and later they gathered at the midfield for the group photo with trophy.
Spain has been hot favorite after Octopus Paul and his prediction were all perfect.
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