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Nine cities, ten stadiums, the round of 32 of the World Cup has started a new round of fighting. There is no doubt that Spain are the biggest winners of this World Cup, and they are also the first team to win a World Cup held outside of Europe.

At 20:30 on July 11, the 19th World Cup final was played at the Johannesburg Football City Stadium, and Spain defeated the Netherlands 1:0 after extra time to become the eighth World Cup champion team and the first European team to win the championship outside Europe.

Spain are the fourth defending European champions to reach the World Cup final, having failed Italy in 1970 and West Germany in 1982, with only West Germany making it to the top in 1974 against the Netherlands. In the history of the World Cup, the champions have never scored fewer than 11 goals in total, while Spain scored just seven before the final and the Netherlands scored 12, second only to Germany. Bosque continued to play in the semi-final line-up, with Andres Iniesta, who had just returned from injury, still playing as a substitute. If Spain wins, they will become the youngest world champion in nearly 40 years and the youngest ever world champion from Europe.

The Netherlands have won 10 games in a row and are unbeaten in 25 games. Including qualifying, the Netherlands have won 14 consecutive World Cup matches, and if they beat Spain, the Netherlands will become the second team to win all of their matches since Brazil in 2002, and the second team to win both qualifiers and finals after Brazil in 1970, and will also break Uruguay's record as the world's least populous world champion. The Netherlands have lost to the hosts in their previous two finals. Donny van der Wiel and Frenkie de Jong returned from suspension, with the Netherlands starting from 1 to 11 for the first time in a final since the World Cup was introduced in 1954.

After the pre-match closing ceremony, Mandela came to the center of the stadium to bless the fans. Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Leticia of Spain, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, and Prime Minister Balkenede were present to cheer. Before the game, the captain of the previous champion, Cannavaro, entered with the Hercules Cup, and South African President Zuma shook hands with the players of both teams.

Spain wore a dark blue jersey and two teams in the last two finalists with similar colours won the tournament, but no team has won the tournament in a second shirt since 1966.

In the first 5 minutes, Spain almost scored with their first shot! Van Bronckhorst fouled Ramos, Xavi took a free-kick from the right, Ramos jumped at the penalty spot and flicked his header to the right of the goalkeeper Stekelenberg!

In the 11th minute, Xavi took a tactical corner kick from the right side, combined with Torres and knocked back, Alonso took the ball to the back post, and Villa hit the side netting with a left-footed volley from 8 meters in front of the goal! In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Sneijder's free-kick was hoisted into the box to create chaos, Van Persie knocked Robben on the right, and Robben's left-footed volley from the edge of the box was blocked by Casillas at the near post.

Neither side achieved anything in the first half, and this is the sixth time that the World Cup final has been tied 0-0 in the first half, and it is also the fourth time in the last six editions.

The two sides were still inseparable for 90 minutes, and the World Cup final entered extra time for the sixth time in history, and for the first time in two consecutive finals, it was also the second time that no goals were scored in 90 minutes. Spain and the Netherlands never scored in extra-time at the World Cup.

Spain broke the deadlock in the 116th minute! Substitute Iniesta made a diagonal pass from the left, Van der Vaart cleared not far away, Fabregas scored the top of the penalty area to the right side, Torres successfully countered offside, and volleyed into the far corner with his right foot 9 meters from the goal, 1:0!

Fernando Torres took off his shirt to celebrate the yellow card, while Casillas cried tears of joy. Spain have only three goalscorers at this World Cup, the fewest goals ever scored by a champion team, and the last time a World Cup final was scored in extra time was back in 1978, with the Netherlands also on the losing side.

The Netherlands continued to attack, but Spain finally retained the victory, playing 1:0 in all four knockout matches, becoming the first champion team in the history of the World Cup to not concede a goal in four knockout matches, and the European Cup and World Cup knockout games continued to score 690 points without conceding a goal, breaking the record of Italy from 1994 to 2000 for a clean sheet in the continental competition and the World Cup knockout round, and continuing the pattern that the European team that won the World Cup must win the final for the first time.

The Netherlands surpassed Czechoslovakia and Hungary, which reached the final twice but missed the championship, to become the first "uncrowned king" in history to lose all three finals, and the number of final losses is second only to Germany.

However, Spain's road to the title was not all smooth sailing, and they suffered a 1-0 upset defeat to Switzerland in the group stage, causing their biggest upset since the start of the World Cup. Despite dominating the game, with 74 per cent of possession and 26 shots on goal, they were unable to find the back of the net against Switzerland. The Swiss team, led by the experienced veteran coach Heathfeld, reverted to the Swiss latch technology that was all the rage in the 50s of the last century, and completely locked the near-perfect Spanish team.

Entering the knockout stage, the Spanish team quickly adjusted its state and finally won the Hercules Cup with a score of 1:0 all the way. They first scored a goal in the 1/8 match with Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula, and then eliminated the tournament favorites Germany by the same score in the semi-finals, and finally faced the "uncrowned king" Netherlands in the final, with Torres's extra-time stunner, successfully won the World Cup in South Africa.

The Spanish team followed Barcelona's midfield team, strengthened the control of the midfield, and insisted on relying on overall cooperation to play team football. For a long time, international football has been blowing a "ball control wind". They relied on the excellent performances of Xavi, Torres and others to win the first World Cup trophy in the history of the Spanish team.

In this World Cup, although Torres, as Spain's number one star, only scored 3 goals, all 3 goals appeared in the knockout round, 2 of which helped Spain eliminate Germany 1:0 to advance to the final, and finally defeated the Netherlands 1:0 to win the championship, so Torres, who scored a lot of gold, also became the winner of the Golden Ball Award in this World Cup.

Italy emerged as the defending champions in South Africa, but their World Cup journey was a bit bitter.

Losing to Slovakia 3:2, the defending champion's road to the World Cup is over! Looking at Lippi's old back, it can only be said that Italy is going well. From 1994 to 2006, Italy inadvertently made fans and friends remember Baggio's back, Di Biagio's face down, Maldini's dull gaze, Grosso's head shake and run wildly, and in 2010 Quagliarella's tears and his beautiful arc will become the eternal memory of Italian fans.

Looking back at Italy's journey to South Africa, it was full of controversy. A little stubborn Lippi, Totti, Cassano, Grosso ...... The rejection has attracted a lot of doubts. And with the poor results in qualifying, there are signs of a bleak World Cup prospect for Italy. When the first of the two group games ended in a draw, it was only then that it became clear that the blue coat was just an empty shell. When they are finally eliminated, all that is left is tears, which belong to the coaches, players and fans.

The goal-line tragedy of the 1966 World Cup in England was repeated 44 years later, but this time it was England's turn to suffer. From the multi-angle slow motion and multi-angle live footage, it can be clearly seen that the whole ball has crossed the goal line, which is definitely a goal. The score was 2-1 down for England, and if this goal had been scored, the course of the game, the trend of the game, the tactical play and mentality of both sides would have been completely different.

If Germany had been levelled by England for just six minutes after taking a 2-0 lead, there would have been some subtle changes in the game since then.

However, there was no if, the result of the 2010 South Africa World Cup 1/8 finals was fixed at 4:1, and the Germans finally moved towards the door of the top 8.

It is worth mentioning that after years of hard work, Blackburn Rovers finally became the club with the most contributions to England internationals, in addition to Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole's two thunderous starters, Beckham, Baines and Bentley all took the last train to South Africa.

With Fernando Torres' header, Spain beat Germany 1-0 to advance to the World Cup final and be expected to win the world title for the first time. After this result came out, Paul the octopus of the Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany must have shivered, and perhaps the disappointed German fans will have to use various methods to express their anger. Like the football king Pele, Paul the Octopus is also a famous "prophet emperor" on the football field, but compared to the football king Pele, Paul's prediction reliability is much higher.

In the previous 5 matches of the German team in this World Cup, Paul the Octopus maintained a high accuracy rate of all hits, and because of this, German fans asked Paul the Octopus to predict the match between Germany and Spain before the semi-finals, and the result of Paul's prediction was that the German team lost.

Paul the Octopus made 6 predictions against the German team in this World Cup are all correct, with a 100% accuracy rate, which is amazing, and can be called the best "prediction emperor" of the World Cup.

Of course, Paul has made a wrong prediction, in Euro 08, and coincidentally that match was the match between Germany and Spain. At that time, Paul predicted that Germany would win the title over Spain, but the result was that Spain beat Germany with a goal from Andres Iniesta to win the cup.

In the group stage of the World Cup between Brazil and Ivory Coast, Kaka, the core of the Samba Army's midfield, was sent off after accumulating two yellow cards, and he will also miss the next round against Portugal. For Brazil, who won all 2 games and qualified early, Kaka's red card suspension may not be nothing, but for female fans all over the world, this is a heartbreaking moment, watching their idol get 2 yellow cards in just 3 minutes and be sent off, many female fans may have lost their faces and tears.

Pampas Eagles Argentina team, the Argentine team was favored by so many people in this game, which was a bit unexpected by Arthur, and perhaps many fans were impressed by the performance of the "spirit boy" Messi. In fact, in the World Cup qualifiers, since the Argentine team entered the World Cup so hard and so thrillingly, Arthur was not optimistic about the team led by Maradona. Maradona was a great footballer, but he didn't necessarily coach.

The teams in this World Cup have basically shown their strength, there are not too many upsets, and there are no big dark horses, in modern football, which is becoming more and more effective, the game is getting more and more ugly. There are fewer classic matches than the previous one, and it should be said that there are no games in which the two sides are evenly matched and have high technical and tactical content. The old-fashioned tactic of defensive counterattack, which has been abandoned for many years, has once again become a popular tactic that teams are vying to imitate, and there is no longer the hearty offensive football of the past.

This is the sorrow of football geniuses, the sorrow of world football, and the sorrow of world fans.

The reason for the gradual fading of national competitions is actually related to the excessive frequency and intensity of club events, many teams are facing multi-front battles, and too many events have made the players in a high state of tension for a long time.

For example, Blackburn, who won the treble, was selected only in the previously announced World Cup best team, and the other players were not even nominated.

In addition, almost all the traditional giants led by the French team in this competition have exposed discordant voices, and there have been varying degrees of infighting, but the impact is just large. There are too many big-name stars in a team, and how to mix them well is a headache for coaches. Maybe the players are always in the club and rarely get together to play for the national team, and their sense of national team honor is not so strong. The big-name stars are in a slump, and they have become the special objects of attention of the opposing defenders in the game, so most of the stars in this game are very average.

What makes Arthur most conflicted and a little happy is that Ronaldo once again made uncivilized moves in the World Cup, which made more and more fans question him. Ideological and moral quality is also one of the criteria for a good player, even if you play well, you don't have any capital to be proud of.

And Ronaldo's move also made Arthur once again confirm that the competition for this year's Ballon d'Or has nothing to do with Ronaldo, and it will be a duel between Torres and Messi.

However, Arthur has one more thing to worry about before he can find a way to help Torres compete for the Ballon d'Or, and that is that after the World Cup, the summer transfer season of 2010 finally came to a high tide, and after winning the treble, Blackburn Rovers inevitably became the center of the transfer market again. (To be continued.) )