World Cup 2010 Officially Ends

Omg! I’m so happy that Spain came out as the winner just now beating the Netherlands 1-0 in the extra time.

Attribution to: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

World Cup 2010 was my first official soccer tournament that I’ve watched and from the start I’ve been (and will always) rooting for Spain. After tasting surprising defeat against Switzerland in the round robin stage, finally Spain won its first World Cup for the first time.

The final made me frustrated, to be honest. The play was really ugly: one of the ugliest moment is the kungfu kick from Nigel de Jong to Xabi Alonso’s chest.

While in the first half English referee Howard Webb was really generous in giving yellow cards (a total of 9 yellow cards), he was really a different person in the second half rarely giving yellow cards. A record of 14 yellow cards -- including two which caused Dutch player John Heitinga to be sent out -- were given out during the match, a record for a World Cup final.

Both teams have their chances. Iker Casillas has been really wonderful being able to make several crucial safe. Finally near the end of extra time (to be exact, 4 minutes to the end), Andres Iniesta sacked the ball into Netherlands’ and ensured Spain to get its first World Cup.

David Villa got the silver boot though his goals tied with Thomas Muller and Wesley Sneijder. Muller made more assists than Villa. Congrats to him. He’s young, only 20, and it was his first World Cup but he has proven himself worthy for his team.

And…

The Deddy Corbuzier’s prediction was true (well, I’m not as surprised as when knowing Paul’s predictions come true). The code NZ1235HZ6 was the code for his YouTube video prediction which he claimed has been made before.

Lastly, congrats to Spain. I am now officially a soccer fan. Maybe I’ll check out La Liga since David Villa, Iker Casillas, Xavi, Iniesta are all playing there. And probably I’ll root for Barcelona FC.

Little note: I feel “lost” after the World Cup ended… So sad that it has ended. And I’ve to wait for another 4 years until the next cup. Thank God there is still Euro 2012 to ease these feelings a lil bit.