Author: Tackling is gentlemanly
Afrika, a magical and ancient continent! On May 15, 2004, an old man who had been through hardship brought Africa the opportunity to host the first World Cup, and even though South Africa became the first host ever to be eliminated in the group stage, the countless Whosera resounded throughout the 2010 World Cup in South Africa! The final result, as everyone knows, is that the dream team of Spain finally won the championship and became the upstart of the World Cup, or through Iniesta's winning goal in extra time. And that old man, I think everyone will remember as well, is the famous Nelson Mandela!
This is a record article for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which is longer, but if you happen to have time to read them one by one, of course, you can't jump to see it, there are key marks! And the author and I, are focused on sharing!
The World Cup in South Africa is a continuation of the rule of 32 countries' football teams since the 1998 World Cup. The African continent also had 6 teams participating, namely South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Nilicia, and only Ghana finally broke through in the group and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and finally lost to Uruguay, who finally finished fourth!
Here, we want to talk about a controversy in this World Cup qualifier, that is, the play-offs between France and Ireland, and later everyone knows the result, it was French striker Henry who slapped Gala with his hand in extra time, and the latter scored a decisive goal, which made the French team get through the danger! But the French team, which was in the same group as the host, may have been punished by God, losing 1-2 to the host, and finally finished at the bottom of the group, only to get 1 point and 1 goal!
Another amazing step of this World Cup is that the total prize money of the world in South Africa reached 420 million US dollars in 2010, which is 61% higher than the 2006 World Cup in Germany! The champion team will get 30 million, the runner-up will get 24 million, while the team that loses the semi-final will get 20 million, the team that loses the 1/4 knockout round is 18 million, the losing 1/8 knockout round is 9 million, and the group stage is also eliminated 8 million. And each team will also receive a preparation cost of 1 million. In addition, a $40 million fund has been set up to compensate clubs that played in the World Cup, with $1,600 per player per day. This bonus was quite generous at the time.
Of course, how can the World Cup lack beauty! South Africa's national treasure actor, the beautiful Richards Theron, attended the draw ceremony of this World Cup, accompanied by the well-known Beckham and others.
The opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was played by the host African Eagles South Africa against the American Eagles Mexico! It was also the first time that Hoosera resounded at the Johannesburg Football City Stadium, with nearly 85,000 spectators cheering! The first goal of this World Cup was scored by South African player Zambarra, a very beautiful left-footed shot! But Mexico still relied on veteran centre-back Marx to score the equaliser, and South Africa had a chance to win this match, but it did not take advantage of it in the end, and finally ended 1-1. And this game failed to score 3 points, and in the end they were also squeezed by Mexico to the third place in the group, with the disadvantage of goal difference, they did not qualify for the knockout round!
The other Ivorian team, which is known only for Africa's elephants, suffered a death group in the 2006 World Cup, but this World Cup is again in the death group, and Brazil, Portugal, and of course, the Asian team North Korea. Again, facing the Brazilian team, which was not so dazzling, but still lost 1-3, I personally did not look forward to the Brazilian team led by Dunga at that time! Although Drogba scored one goal in the match and led to the banishment of Brazil's core player Kaka with two consecutive yellow cards in the 3 minutes, the two goals of Samba's forward Luis Fabiano and the goal of midfielder Elano crushed the African elephants.
Kaka was a pity, at that time looking at Kaka was about to cry, and Keita estimated that the smile blossomed! Remember, Kaka was the first player in this World Cup to give 2 assists in one game, and he was handsome and handsome, and at that time, Mofei Kaka was also! As can be seen from the picture below, Brazil's then captain Lucio was also helpless and sad. But the football field is sometimes so dramatic, so there is a tongue twister from the later commentator Wang Tao: play a kaka on the south side, a keita on the north side...
In addition, it has to be mentioned that a certain team, as the defending champion of the World Cup, Italy was eliminated in the group, or at the bottom! The record of 2 draws and 1 loss hastily ended this World Cup! They also followed in the footsteps of France, which won the 98 World Cup, but the 2002 World Cup was also eliminated from the group! This is the first time since the 1974 World Cup that Italy has failed to reach the knockout stage of the World Cup! Drew 1-1 in 2 draws with Paraguay and New Zealand respectively, losing 2-3 to Slovakia! And the final champion coach, Lippi, who has the nickname of Silver Fox, also resigned immediately, and then, everyone understood, he came to Guangzhou Evergrande, and then led the Chinese men's football team, and then immediately resigned, until now, retirement pension!
Immediately after, there was also a hasty end in the 2006 World Cup runner-up, the French men's football team. In addition to relying on ugly handball rackets to play assists, there was also Benzema's prostitute incident, various problems in the dressing room, and a series of suboptimal warm-up matches, including Chinese fans should remember that in Reunion Island, relying on Deng Zhuoxiang's wonderful free kick to break through the city guarded by Lloris, and 1-0 to beat France! The French team also ended the World Cup with 1 draw and 2 losses in the group stage, and the players even stayed on the bus and refused to participate in training! Domenek was unable to control the entire French team at that time, and Anelka was also expelled from the national team for insulting Domeneque!
One game, let the World Cup accelerate the pace of introducing goal line technology! This is what we know as the Anglo-German battle in the 1/8 knockout round, and in the end Germany won England 4-1. Everyone knows how it turned out, but the most controversial scene of the match came when Germany only led England 2-1, and just before Upson's header helped the Englishman close the gap. It wasn't long before Lampard's astute shot from the duo hit the bottom edge of the measurement, and the ball bounced into the goal but bounced out again, with both the referee and the referee on duty saying they didn't see it. It was this bad penalty that also affected the course of the subsequent matches, and also led to the direct introduction of goal line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil! Then, Lampard fired another long-range cannon that hit the crossbar, and overall, even God was not on England's side, and finally the German golden boy Müller's 2-minute 3-minute combo completely killed the game!
The Samba Legion may be doomed to lose 1/4 of the knockout rounds, they lost 1-2 to world cup rivals Netherlands! I think it's Dunga's defeat and the loss of brazil as a whole. Of course, Kakashi was also disappointed! Brazil started again, with Felipe Melo assisting Robinho to open the scoring, but in the second half of the game, Snyder's two scoring made Brazil straight out, and Felipe Melo was also sent off for a bad foul! In brazil's 23-man roster there are familiar to us, goalkeepers Cesar, Gomez, Dorney, defenders such as McCon, Alves, Gilberto, Bastos, Juan, Lucio, Louison, Thiago Silva, midfielders gilberto Silva, Merlo, Josué, Klebersen, ElRano, Ramirez, Kaka, Baptista, and forwards such as Robinho, Nilma, Fabiano and Grafit. Although the starlight is not as bright as before, it is also worth counting!
The Uruguayan shattered the dream of the dark horse Ghana, and looking back on this game, it is still a twist and turn, a twist and turn! Montari opened the scoring with a cold left-footed shot from 35 yards at the end of the first half, before the Uruguayan equalised with a beautiful free-kick from the World Cup's Ballon d'Or winner, Diego Fran! In extra time, there was a dramatic scene, Luis Suarez even blocked the Ghanaian's shot with his hand on the goal line, although he was sent off with a red card, but the dramatic scene reappeared! As long as they score a penalty, the Ghanaians are likely to rewrite the history of the World Cup and become the first African team to reach the semi-finals! But the Penalty from No. 3 striker Gian Asamoah hit the crossbar! Suarez smiled! The Uruguayans were saved! 1-for-1 after 120 minutes! Then, in the penalty shootout, although Gian bravely scored a penalty, in the end, the Uruguayan eliminated Ghana with a penalty of 4-2 with The Play of Muslera and advanced to the final four of the World Cup! Completely shattered Ghana!
The Uruguayans stopped in the semi-finals because they met the all-out, uncrowned Dutch team! In this match, we witnessed the wonderful long-range confrontation between Dutch captain Van Bronckhorst and Uruguayan striker Diego Fran, as well as the goal of Sneijder and Peter Pan Robben! In the end, the Dutch still laughed to the end, 3-2 to Uruguay, advanced to the final, their opponent will be the Spanish golden generation with the title of dream team at that time!
The delicate but not lacking in sophistication of the Spanish team laughed to the end, they first in the semi-finals, a seemingly dull game, but in the 73rd minute of the game by the Barça iron guard Puyol powerful head hammer scored the only goal of the game, he scored a gold goal, he is a central defender, but in both offensive and defensive ends of the game to the extreme. The German, who was eliminated 0-1, won Uruguay 3-2 in a relaxed and pleasant situation, taking the bronze medal!
This final, I remember that I watched in the green city of Nanning, a bowl of ordinary vegetable meat fried powder and two bottles of Coke accompanied me to watch it! I'm sure Robben will still be upset by his one-handed failure to this day, and Casillas will be great for blocking that one-handed! This is the final! The 90 minutes were 0-0, and there were so many fouls on the scene that I remembered Bederon kicking Alonso in the chest! And referee Weber also seems to have made the final smoother and did not make a red card decision! The next thing I said was Robben's one-handed insinant! But then you will be punished if you do not seize the opportunity! In the 116th minute of the game, Fabregas broke the ball and handed it to Iniesta, who immediately took control of the ball and volleyed it into the air! Directly through the gate guarded by Stegrenborg! Bosque's team topped the 2010 World Cup in South Africa! Although they only scored 8 goals, they also set the record for the lowest goal to win the championship!
This Spanish team, from the beginning of 2007 to the World Cup final, the result is 55 matches, 50 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, they won the European Championship in 2008 and the World Cup in South Africa in 10 years! Deserved!