Archive for the ‘Worldcup2010’ Category
WORLD CUP 2010 GOLDEN BALL HOLDER DIEGO FORLAN
Diego Martín Forlán born 19 May 1979 in Montevideo is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Uruguayan national team, as a striker. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player [...]
HE IS THE ROLE MODEL……….
“He represents like no one else good football and human qualities. I want to make a special mention of somebody who yesterday remembered someone who is no longer with us when he scored the winning goal,” Zapatero said during a reception for the Spanish squad at his official residence. “There is no better role model [...]
HE IS WELL, BUT ANGRY……..MARADONA’S PERSONAL DOCTOR ALFREDO CAHE
“He is well, but angry with the elimination from the World Cup in South Africa. He is reflecting, but has not fallen into depression,” Maradona’s personal doctor Alfredo Cahe told Tuttosport. “He is well, better than I thought he would be. The game against Germany was strange, I thought he would have been in a [...]
SPANISH HERO ANDRES INIESTA
International career: Iniesta burst on to the international scene in 2001, helping Spain win the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, and was in the squad that claimed the UEFA European Under-19 Championship the following year. Since then, he became a regular choice for the then youth coach Juan Santisteban. In 2003 he formed part of the [...]
GOLDEN BOOT HOLDER THOMAS MUELLER
Thomas Müller (German pronunciation: [?to?mas ?m?l?]) (born 13 September 1989 in Weilheim) is a German international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich. Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, or on either wing. He has been praised for [...]
THE KINGS RETURN HOME WITH WORLD CUP
Spanish football team return Madrid
THOMAS MUELLER WINS GODEN BOOT & DIEGO FORLAN GOLDEN BALL
Atletico Madrid striker Forlan proved to be one of the star performers in South Africa, beating off competition from the likes of Wesley Sneijder and Spain hitman David Villa to be crowned the tournament’s best player – as voted for by the media. Forlan was, however, pipped to the post when it came to the [...]
PAUL IS THE GREAT
Having correctly predicted all of Germany’s games at the finals in South Africa, including Saturday’s third place playoff win over Uruguay, the visionary invertebrate maintained his 100 per cent record for the tournament having opted for the Spaniards in Sunday’s final in his first forecast in a game involving teams other than the Germans. The [...]
THE GREAT VICTORY OF SPANISH
It was a cruel blow for a Dutch side that had hoped to eradicate memories of the country’s defeats in the 1974 and 1978 finals. But the ultimate outcome of a contest both sides might easily have won inside 90 minutes will trigger few complaints from neutrals.Over the two hours, the European champions enjoyed the [...]
THE CELEBRITY OCTOPUS PAUL
The octopus, considered by some to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates, got the choice of picking food from two different transparent containers lowered into his tank — one with a Dutch flag on it and one with Spain’s flag. Reaction in Spain was swift, with the country’s biggest selling sports daily website Marca.com [...]
