10th June 2010
This evening's game will be a battle between Uruguay and Germany .
After being defeated by Spain, Germany will fight with another strong team to reach the best possible resoult.
Lets have a look on the last few weeks of the way to the World Cup Final
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In First stage - Group H
16 June ESP 0:1 (0:0) SUI
21 June ESP 2:0 (1:0) HON
25 June CHI 1:2 (0:2) ESP
Round of 16 , 29 June
ESP 1:0 (0:0) POR
Quarter-finals
03 July PAR 0:1 (0:0) ESP
Semi-finals
07 July GER 0:1 (0:0) ESP
And The Final
11 July NED vs ESP the game that we are all waiting for!
In today's breakfast show our special guest, Angus Scott talked about his experiences with covering The World Cup as a presenter for Al Jazeera Sports Channel and how excited was he as a big fan of football to become a part of such a great event.
"We became one big family", he said living with each other for a month and being united in one passion football has created an amazing bond with not only studio guests and presenters but also with the whole team working on the coverage.
The result of this evening's game was Uruguay 2- 3 Germany, once more Germany showed what a strong opponent it is till the last days of The World Cup.
THE FINALS: 11th June 2010
Netherlands 0-1 Spain!
The dramatic final at Soccer City in South Africa, The 2010 World Cup Final, the game we all witnessed after one of the most the spectacular opening ceremony (45 minutes), and touching appearance by former president Nelson Mandela, was the worlds greatest example of how should the champions play and the losers defeat.
What a well deserved win was it for Spain!
Unbeatable a and unbreakable Spanish team not only proved that they deserve the World Cup Champions title but also set a fantastic example for future generations. Dedication, fantastic tactic, strong defence and fast and effective attack along with clean game and steal nerves, temperaments on hold to pursue the idea of fair play.
They sustained possession in the possession in the opening minutes and recognised uncertain Dutch back-line. Ramos almost scored the first goal but unsuccessfully.
Referee Webb, constantly gave out yellow cards, some say there were not enough yellow cards and to few reds. Graeme Souness, one of our World Cup Final studio discussions on the night did not hide his frustration with the English referee, Mr Souness summed up referees performance as disappointing and and frustrating, it was hard for Graeme to focus on commentating on anything else apart from the referee's poor performance. (1)
As BBC Sports reports, "The Dutch, who lost in the 1974 and 1978 finals, were bidding to become the first side since Brazil in 1970 to go through World Cup qualifying and the finals unbeaten." (2)
This time, despite Netherlands's dirty game, Spain, Euro Champions 2008 (2 goals during the tournament) managed to crush all the violent challenges from Dutch. In overall, Netherlands had 14 yellow cards with Johnny Heitinga sent off on 109 minutes after picking up a second yellow card. (2)
"Heitinger became the fifth man to be sent off in a World Cup final when he pulled back Iniesta on the edge of the area, giving Webb little choice but to hand him a second caution, and that seemed to spur Spain on for a final effort.
Joris Mathijsen headed over for the Netherlands in what was their only good chance of the extra-time period before Iniesta struck his late and decisive blow." (2)
And What a great finish that was "Andres Iniesta struck a dramatic winner late in extra time to give Spain World Cup glory for the first time but condemned the Netherlands to their third defeat in a final. " (2)
1. (Al Jazeera Sports)
2. (BBC World Cup 2010)
