World Cup Football - 2010
South Africa
Which are the teams I'm gonna support in this Worldscup ?
Apart from Brazil - of course. I've been long time fan of Brazilian football and my full fledged support naturally goes to the men-in-yellow-and-green. They are the masters of total-football and there's nothing like watching a Brazilian team at its full flow. So I want to see Brazil regain the Worldcup which they won 8-years ago in Japan. I am sure they will have a lot of local support in South Africa. Argentina is also starts as the favourites but they always starts as favourites and ends up in disappointment. There's already a lot of hype surrounding their team and its coach, and let's see how they will do differently this time. This is not the case with Brazil - they have already won the cup many times and there's no shame if they miss a few times.
Apart from Brazil, I'm a big fan of African football. When it comes to sheer footballing skills, none can match them. They move as if the ball is attached to their foot like a magnet. This is the first World Cup to be held in Africa so it's the ripe time for Africa to sieze the moment. There'll be no surprise if an African team or two will feature in the semis. So all the best Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Algeria, Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa.
Never in recent times did World Cup fixture look so odd. Where are some of the largest and prominent nations - such as Russia ,Sweden, Belguim, Turkey,Romania ,China ,Iran or Saudi Arabia. In their place came some obscure teams such as Newzealand, North Korea, Honduras and Serbia. It seems like the qualifying round didn't do full justice to teams from Asia and Europe. Even France managed to scrape-through over Ireland by a whisker. As it often happens, the top players of the top teams are lured by lucrative contracts with top clubs so that when it comes to playing for the country, they will have little steam left. Either they will be too jaded or injured.
Like previous Worldcups, many new names will emerge out of this Worldcup while some big names may fade into obscurity. The previous Worldcup in Germany is mostly remembered for the infamous 'head-butt' by Zenadine Zidane. Let's hope this time the tournament will be remembered at best for some positive and attractive display of soccer.
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