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10 facts you don't know about the 2010 FIFA World Cup
This past weekend Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup when they beat the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City in Johannesburg. Germany beat Uruguay by 3 goals to 2 a day before the final in Port Elizabeth at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium to clinch 3rd place in the tournament. In the end Paul the 'Psychic' Octopus was correct with 8 all of his match predictions. The month of football madness that was the FIFA World Cup is over now and life will get back to normal in South Africa. I'm sure that people Read more [...]
Two ‘Psychic’ predictions for the 2010 FIFA World Cup final
A few days ago we featured Paul the 'Psychic' Octopus in a blog post on the Junk Mail blog. He predicted that Spain would beat the German team in their 2010 FIFA World Cup semi-final. He was correct on that occasion. Germany lost by 1 goal to 0 against Spain in the match at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban and were knocked out of the tournament. Paul was born in England and lives in an aquarium in Germany. Paul has not been wrong in any of his 7 FIFA World Cup predictions yet.
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Spain and the Netherlands to meet in 2010 FIFA World Cup final
It turns out that the Paul the Psychic octopus was right. Spain beat Germany for the first time ever in a FIFA World Cup match to advance to their first FIFA World Cup final in history. The match was played last night at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban.
It was a very intense match. The German and Spanish teams did not give each other a lot of space for movement and there were minimal cracks in both sides' defensive lines. In the 73rd minute of the match, Carles Puyol headed the ball into the Read more [...]
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Quarter Finals kick off on Friday
Since the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicked off on the 11th of June 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg it has been a wild rollercoaster ride consisting of world-class football in South Africa. 58 matches have been played in the tournament (at a rate of between 2 and 4 a day) since the tournament started. Today and Yesterday was set aside as rest days for players in teams that have made it into the quarter final stage of the tournament. Only 8 teams remain in the tournament (out of the initial 32). Read more [...]
The 2010 FIFA World Cup so far
The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicked off at Soccer City on the outskirts of Johannesburg on the 11th of June 2010. The opening ceremony was world class and spectacular. The whole world watched as the first FIFA World Cup on African soil started. Bafana Bafana faced Mexico in the opening match of the tournament and the whole country were behind them. Bafana Bafana (who are ranked 83rd in the world) managed to draw a match against Mexico (who are ranked 17th in the world). Bafana Bafana almost won the match. Read more [...]
Biggest Upsets in FIFA World Cup history
Bafana Bafana beat France by 2 goals to 1 in their final Group A match at the FIFA World Cup yesterday. Some might say that this one of the biggest upsets in FIFA World Cup history (and they would be right). There have been other upsets in the FIFA World Cup over the years though. This post contains a few of them.Northern Ireland 1 Spain 0 - 1982 FIFA World Cup: In 1982 Spain hosted the FIFA World Cup. Northern Ireland became the smallest nation in history to qualify for the 1982 FIFA Read more [...]
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