Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Another edition of the World Cup came to an end early this week. The 2010 edition took place successfully in South Africa. It was the first country in the African continent entrusted to host the World Cup. And trust is rewarded with a very good organization, on par with the previous hosting countries. Congratulations to South Africa.
There are some interesting things about the World Cup in 2010. First, the Vuvuzela introduction to the whole world. It is a traditional musical instrument that is widely used in football stadiums in every tournament in South Africa.
Second, the failure of World Cup 2006 finalists, Italy and France to go beyond the first round. Both teams failed to win any games and even struggling to have a draw. The controversy created by the French team also made this World Cup quite interesting. The list of controversies are so long but the famous ones are the sent home of Nicolas Anelka after he was at odds with the manager, the French players boycott training sessions, and also impolite behavior of Raymond Domenech refusing to shake hands with the South Africa manager Carlos Alberto Parreira after France lost to South Africa in the last match of the first round.
Third, the failure of favorite teams, Brazil and Argentina in quarter finals after giving promising and exciting performances in the first and second rounds. Most surprising was the defeat of Argentina to the Germany team with a 4-0 scoreline.
Lastly, worthy to mention is the success of the Spanish team qualified into the final for the first time and then ultimately become the champion. Spain managed to defeat 3 times finalist, the Netherlands with a late goal from Andres Iniesta at extra time. The World Cup 2010 has a new champion. Spain is now in the list of countries which managed to become the World Cup champion.
So, that is the summary of this year World Cup. I had been following the games for a month through live and delayed telecasts, TV and online news, and even joining the Yahoo! Sport Fantasy world cup. Unfortunately, I didn't watched the games which were aired at 4:30 in the morning, too late for me. This include the semi-final and final games. But, I managed to record the games in my laptop and then watched them next morning.
For information, I didn't watch all the games on TV but instead I was using my little laptop. The screen is not big but the quality of the live telecast especially the high definition ones were excellent. My laptop is equipped with a good DVICO hybrid high-definition TV tuner which I bought for the purpose of watching World Cup. At least by watching the games in laptop, I could do other things when the game bored me, and it also gave me opportunity to immediate give comment on my Facebook.
Well, this is the end of World Cup 2010 story. See you later in World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
There are some interesting things about the World Cup in 2010. First, the Vuvuzela introduction to the whole world. It is a traditional musical instrument that is widely used in football stadiums in every tournament in South Africa.
Second, the failure of World Cup 2006 finalists, Italy and France to go beyond the first round. Both teams failed to win any games and even struggling to have a draw. The controversy created by the French team also made this World Cup quite interesting. The list of controversies are so long but the famous ones are the sent home of Nicolas Anelka after he was at odds with the manager, the French players boycott training sessions, and also impolite behavior of Raymond Domenech refusing to shake hands with the South Africa manager Carlos Alberto Parreira after France lost to South Africa in the last match of the first round.
Third, the failure of favorite teams, Brazil and Argentina in quarter finals after giving promising and exciting performances in the first and second rounds. Most surprising was the defeat of Argentina to the Germany team with a 4-0 scoreline.
Lastly, worthy to mention is the success of the Spanish team qualified into the final for the first time and then ultimately become the champion. Spain managed to defeat 3 times finalist, the Netherlands with a late goal from Andres Iniesta at extra time. The World Cup 2010 has a new champion. Spain is now in the list of countries which managed to become the World Cup champion.
So, that is the summary of this year World Cup. I had been following the games for a month through live and delayed telecasts, TV and online news, and even joining the Yahoo! Sport Fantasy world cup. Unfortunately, I didn't watched the games which were aired at 4:30 in the morning, too late for me. This include the semi-final and final games. But, I managed to record the games in my laptop and then watched them next morning.
For information, I didn't watch all the games on TV but instead I was using my little laptop. The screen is not big but the quality of the live telecast especially the high definition ones were excellent. My laptop is equipped with a good DVICO hybrid high-definition TV tuner which I bought for the purpose of watching World Cup. At least by watching the games in laptop, I could do other things when the game bored me, and it also gave me opportunity to immediate give comment on my Facebook.
Well, this is the end of World Cup 2010 story. See you later in World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
it was awesome