Lapangan terbang O.R Tambo, Johannesburg Afrika Selatan sepetutnya dinamakan Nelson Mandela Airport

dari kiri ke kanan..gambar Nelson Mandela, OR Tambo dan OR Tambo international airport di Johannesburg, Afrika Selatan.

Saya pernah ke south africa pada mac 2007..tapi kenapa airport di sana di Johannesburg dinamakan O.R Tambo International Airport, dan tidak dinamakan Nelson Mandela international airport????Oliver Reginald Tambo atau OR Tambo adalah juga seorang pemimpin politik afrika selatan, pemimpin african national congress, ANC dan anti apartheid..sepertimana Mandela..namun OR Tambo tidaklah sehebat Mandela...

Elephant Has Sex With a Car With Passengers Still Inside

Next time you see an elephant, beware.

In this amazing sequence of photographs, a giant bull elephant is seen flipping a car over like it was a toy in the Pilansberg Game Reserve in North West Province, South Africa.

Pilanesberg Game Reserve is set in the crater of a long extinct volcano, and is the fourth largest in South Africa, covering an area of 55, 000 hectare.

Pilanesberg National Park accommodates virtually every mammal of southern Africa and is also home to the Big Five.

However one amazing moment was captured by photographer Riaan van Wyk, who watched the whole wildlife scene from a safe distance!

Irishman John Somers was celebrating his 66th birthday and driving through the Pilanesberg National park with a friend when he decided to try and overtake a huge and horny bull elephant. Big mistake.

The elephant, called Amarula, at first rubbed itself up against the car, perhaps mistaking it for a female mate.

But then the beast, pumped full of hormones, became aggressive and flipped the car on its roof as the terrified occupants clung on for dear life inside.









Luckily, they suffered only minor cuts and bruises from the incident.

What a memorable birthday Mr Somers..

Don't mess with elephants.

Corat Coret Piala Dunia 2010

CORAT CORET PIALA DUNIA 2010


Selama sebulan, bermula 11 Jun 2010 hingga 11 Julai 2010, kita puas menyaksikan 64 perlawanan Piala Dunia 2010 yang berlangsung di Afrika Selatan. Bermula dengan perlawanan pembukaan di Soccer City, Johannesburg yang pada 11 Jun 2010 menyaksikan pasukan tuan rumah Afrika Selatan seri 1-1 dengan Mexico menerusi jaringan Thasabalala (Afrika Selatan) dan Rafael Marquez (Mexico) sehinggalah ke perlawanan akhir juga di Soccer City, Johannesburg yang menyaksikan Sepanyol menjulang Piala Dunia buat pertama kali, menewaskan Holland atau Belanda 1-0 di final menerusi jaringan tunggal pemain Barcelona Andres Iniesta pada minit ke 116. Final itu berakhir beserta dengan penyampaian hadiah berakhir sekitar jam 12 tengah malam di Johannesburg bersamaan 5 pagi waktu Malaysia.

Piala Dunia itu sepertimana juga Piala Dunia terdahulu sejak 1930 menyajikan banyak sekali kenangan terindah serta kenangan duka kepada 6 billion peminat bolasepak di seluruh dunia.

Kenangan terindah buat penyokong Sepanyol kerana pasukan jolokan La Furia Roja atau Red Fury itu menjulang Piala Dunia buat kali pertama dalam sejarah dan kenangan lebih terindah buat penyokong Barcelona kerana 7 pemain utama skuad Sepanyol adalah pemain kelab Catalan itu, antaranya Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta dan Xavi.

Sepanyol juga adalah juara bertahan Euro 2008 menewaskan Jerman 1-0 di final dalam Euro 2008 di Austria dan Switzerland itu.

Sepanyol menjuarai Piala Dunia dengan kekalahan dalam perlawanan pertamanya, tewas mengejut 0-1 di tangan Switzerland sebelum menang 6 perlawanan berturut turut termasuk 4 daripadanya dengan keputusan 1-0.

Setelah tewas kepada Switzerland 0-1, Sepanyol mengalahkan Honduras 2-0, Chile 2-1, Portugal 1-0 di pusingan ke 2, Paraguay 1-0 di suku akhir, Jerman 1-0 di separuh akhir dan Holland 1-0 di final.

Apa agaknya perasaan kulit hitam dari Switzerland yang menjaringkan gol kemenangan pasukannya ketika menewaskan Sepanyol 1-0 itu?? Dia mungkin berasa bangga kerana hanya gol jaringannya sahaja yang mampu menewaskan Sepanyol sepanjang piala Dunia 2010.

Uruguay – juara 2 kali pada 1930 dan 1950 juga boleh pulang dengan bangga setelah layak ke separuh akhir setelah kali terakhir layak ke last 4 pada piala dunia 1970 di Mexico. Uruguay mara ke separuh akhir sebelum ditewaskan Belanda 2-3. Pada penentuan tempat ke 3 dan ke 4, Uruguay tewas 2-3 kepada Jerman. Midfield Uruguay – Diego Forlan dipilih sebagai pemain terbaik Piala Dunia 2010 apabila jaringan pentingnya membantu Uruguay mara sehingga ke separuh akhir.

Penjaga gol Uruguay, Muslera paling mengecewakan kerana kegagalannya menjaga gawang dengan berkesan menyebabkan Uruguay kandas di separuh akhir. Dalam 2 perlawanan separuh akhir dan penentuan ke 3 dan 4, Muslera dibolosi 6 kali ketika tewas 2-3 kepada Belanda dan 2-3 kepada Jerman. Sekiranya Muslera mempunyai kepakaran seperti Iker Casilas – penjaga gol Sepanyol yang menang anugerah sarung tangan emas atau Golden Glove ataupun tangkas seperti penjaga gol Ghana – Kingson, sudah pasti Uruguay boleh menjulang piala Dunia 2010. Malang buat Uruguay kerana Muslera bukan penjaga gol yang bagus.

Manakala Jerman – juara 3 kali pada 1954, 1974 dan 1990 mengesahkan statusnya sebagai antara pasukan terkuat dunia apabila menduduki tempat ke 3 sama dengan tempat ke 3 pada kejohanan 2006 di mana ketika itu Jerman menewaskan Portugal 3-1.

Pemain muda Jerman Thomas Mueller yang baru berusia 20 tahun dipilih pemenang kasut emas dengan 5 gol. Mueller – pemain Bayern Munich mempunyai masa depan amat cerah dalam bolasepak. Sebelum Piala Dunia 2010, kita tidak berapa mengenali siapa itu Thomas Mueller, sebaliknya kita hanya tahu siapa itu Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney ataupun Didier Drogba serta David Villa dan Fernando Torres. Kita juga kini tahu kemampuan dan kehebatan penyerang muda Uruguay – Luis Suarez .

Apapun penyerang veteran Jerman, Miroslav Klosse turut menempa sejarah apabila sudah menjaringkan 12 gol dalam piala Dunia sejak 2002, 2006 dan 2010.

2 pasukan bekas juara dunia dan finalist Piala Dunia 2006 iaitu France dan Itali menanggung aib apabila pulang awal setelah masing masing hanya Berjaya mengutip 1 mata dan 2 mata sahaja.

France juara 1998 tersingkir pada pusingan awal setelah sekadar seri 0-0 dengan Uruguay, tewas 0-2 kepada Mexico dan tewas 1-2 kepada Afrika Selatan. Itali – juara 4 kali pada 1934, 1938, 1982 dan 2006 hanya seri 1-1 dengan Paraguay dan New Zealand sebelum tewas 2-3 kepada Slovakia pada perlawanan terakhir mereka di peringkat kumpulan.

Malang buat peminat Les Bleus (Perancis) dan The Azzuris (Itali).



Juara 5 kali – Brazil pula kandas di suku akhir. Mereka memulakan kempen piala Dunia 2010 dengan menewaskan pasukan Korea Utara 2-1 dan Ivory Coast 3-1 serta seri 0-0 dengan Portugal. Di pusingan ke 2 Brazil menewaskan Chile 3-0 sebelum disekat Belanda / Holland 1-2 di suku akhir akibat kesilapan dan kebodohan pemain Brazil – Felipe Melo yang melakukan 3 kesalahan besar dan tidak boleh dimaafkan dalam perlawanan itu. Felipe Melo – antara pemain terburuk pernah dilahirkan di Brazil, menjaringkan 1 gol sendiri, kemudiannya tidak mengawal Wesley Sjneider untuk gol kedua Belanda dan akhirnya di buang padang setelah tindakan bodohnya memijak kaki Arjen Robben. Bodoh punya Felipe Melo..!!!

Pada perlawanan piala dunia 2010, beberapa pemain menyatakan ini penampilan mereka yang terakhir khususnya pemain yang sudah berusia lebih 30 tahun. Antaranya penyerang profilik Perancis, Thierry Henry yang sudah 4 kali bermain di piala Dunia sejak France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002, Germany 2006 dan South Africa 2010. Begitu juga pemain Mexico Blanco yang bermain sejak France 1998 hingga South Africa 2010.

Namun pemain terbaik dunia 2009 Lionel Messi dari Argentina, dijangka terus menggegar pada Piala Dunia 2014 di Brazil.

Pada piala Dunia 2010, kita melihat pasukan 6 Afrika bersaing iaitu tuan rumah Afrika Selatan, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Algeria dan Cameroun. Namun hanya Ghana yang mampu layak paling jauh ke suku akhir sebelum tewas penentuan sepakan penalti kepada Uruguay 4-3 setelah masa perlawanan sebenar dan masa tambahan terikat seri 1-1.

Sebelum itu Cameroun mencatat sejarah layak ke suku akhir piala dunia 1990 sebelum tewas 2-3 kepada England. Pada Piala Dunia 2002, Senegal juga layak ke suku akhir namun tunduk 0-1 kepada Turki.

Dalam 6 pasukan Afrika di piala Dunia 2010, kesemua penjaga golnya kecuali dari Algeria yang berkulit agak cerah, mempunyai wajah seakan akan sama. Hehehe…

Ada juga pemain yang mempunyai nama lucu seperti Demerit dari USA, Cha Duri dari Korea Selatan, Welcome (lupa pemain dari Negara mana) dan Puyol (Sepanyol) kerana fesyen rambutnya juga macam penyapu lantai atau Mop lantai.


Cha Duri - Korea Selatan

Jurulatih Argentina, Diego Maradona pula berkata “kekalahan ini umpama ditumbuk Muhammad Ali” komen beliau selepas Argentina tewas 0-4 kepada Jerman di separuh akhir.

Kesimpulannya jika pasukan kelab mahu menang apa juga kejuaraan kelab dunia samada Champions League atau World Club Champions, pasukan itu harus mempunyai pemain seperti Xavi, Andres Iniesta dan David Villa (Spain), Landon Donovan (USA), Arjen Robben (Belanda), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Diego Forlan (Uruguay) serta penjaga gol Ghana – Kingson.

Dalam konteks ini Barcelona lah pasukan terhebat dunia kerana selain mempunyai 7 pemain yang membantu Sepanyol menjuarai Piala Dunia 2010, Barcelona juga memilik pemain terbaik dunia 2009 Lionel Messi dari Argentina serta pemain yang baru dibeli iaitu David Villa.

Pemain Barcelona seperti Puyol, Xavi dan Iniesta sudah menang semua kejuaraan bolasepak dunia di peringkat kelab dan Negara. Mereka membantu Sepanyol menjuarai Piala Dunia 2010, Euro 2008 selain kejuaraan Champions League 2006 dan 2009, La Liga Sepanyol, Piala Raja Sepanyol dan Juara Kelab Dunia.

Satu daripada rahsia tonggak pertahanan Sepanyol dan Barcelona – Puyol adalah mengamalkan senaman YOGA..!! Hmmmm kita perlu ikut petua beliau tu..

Insiden hand ball oleh Luis Suraez (Uruguay) ketika menampan bola untuk menghalang gol kedua Ghana pada suku akhir sebenarnya pernah dilakukan Maradona pada suku akhir piala dunia 1990 menentang Yugoslavia. Ketika itu Argentina disaingi hebat Yugoslavia dan jika Maradona tidak menampan bola itu dengan tangan, sudah pasti Argentina tewas. Pada piala dunia 1990, Argentina mara ke final namun tewas 0-1 kepada Jerman.

Pada final piala dunia 1990 juga, seorang pemain Argentina dibuang padang kerana bermain kasar ala Gusti dan nama dia adalah Giusti…!!!

Menurut teori World Cuppa yang sudah bertahan dan tepat selama 48 tahun, Piala Dunia 2010 sepatutnya milik pasukan Amerika Selatan. Teori World Cuppa yang saya namakan demikian adalah tepat sejak 1962 lagi apabila pasukan Amerika Selatan dan Eropah silih berganti memenangi Piala Dunia, kalau tak percaya cubalah chek sejak piala dunia 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 dan 2006 – semua pemenangnya silih berganti antara pasukan Amerika Selatan dan Eropah.

Namun saya amat hairan sekali kerana pada Piala DUnia 2010, pusingan world cuppa tidak lagi bertahan. Jika ikut giliran pemenang piala dunia 2010 pasukan dari Amerika Selatan kerana juara terdahulu pada 2006 ialah Eropah iaitu Jerman.

Namun menurut the Grand Order of the Grand Chamberlain of the Grand keeper of the sacred world cuppa merangkap the highest of all keepers of the sacred world cuppa, pusingan world cuppa yang baru akan bermula pada 2014 di Brazil di mana pasukan Amerika Selatan akan silih berganti memenangi Piala Dunia tanpa member peluang langsung kepada pasukan Eropah. Ingatlah mulai 2014, 2018, 2022 dan seterusnya, hanya Brazil, Argentina dan Uruguay yang memenangi Piala Dunia mengikut arahan the new keeper of the sacred world cuppa…!!!

Namun the sacred world cuppa telah mencuba sebaik mungkin untuk memastikan piala dunia 2010 milik pasukan Amerika Selatan. Ini terbukti apabila Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay dan Chile sudah kecundang, harapan terakhir terletak di bahu Uruguay.

Nahh.. buktinya, the sacred world cuppa telah turun dari langit dan merendahkan palang gol Uruguay serendah 8 milimeter ketika penyerang Ghana Asamoah Gyan mengambil sepakan penalty di minit terakhir masa tambahan separuh masa kedua pada suku akhir.

Jika Asamoah Gyan berjaya menjaringkan gol penalti itu, maka Ghana akan ke separuh akhir buat pertama kalinya. Namun setelah palang gol direndahkan 8mm, Asamoah Gyan tidak percaya sepakannya terkena palang lalu menyelamatkan Uruguay.. Uruguay kemudiannya memenangi penentuan sepakan penalty 4-3.

Pada pertembungan separuh akhir mempertemukan Uruguay dengan Holland, the sacred world cuppa sekali lagi memainkan peranan ketika Uruguay ketinggalan 0-1 menerusi jaringan awal jarak jauh Van Bronchorts. Sepakan jarak jauh pemain Uruguay, Diego Forlan seakan menuju terus kepada penjaga gol Belanda Mark Van Bommel namun pada saat akhir, bola itu telah berpusing secara melencong atau inswinger ke kiri Van Bommel, seakan akan dibawa oleh tangan yang ghaib lagi ajaib!! Namun perlawanan itu dimenangi Holland 3-2 untuk member laluan kepada pusingan baru world cuppa pada 2014.

Sebelum ini pada final piala dunia 1994, the keeper of the sacred world cuppa juga telah turun dari langit ketika Roberto Baggio sedang bersiap mengambil sepakan penalty untuk Itali menentang Brazil di final. Ketika itu perlawanan terikat 0-0 selepas tamat masa tambahan dan pemenang ditentukan menerusi penalty shoot out. Jika Baggio selaku penyepak trakhir, berjaya menjaringkan gol, maka Itali juara piala dunia 1994, bukannya Brazil. Namun sepakan Baggio – pemain terbaik dunia 1995 tinggi melangit, setelah the sacred world cuppa merendahkan palang gol serendah 8mm, sekaligus memastikan Brazil juara piala dunia 1994. Ini kerana 1994 adalah giliran Amerika Selatan untuk menang piala dunia kerana piala dunia terdahulu pada 1990 dimenangi Jerman mewakili Eropah. Faham tak?? Hehehe

Dengan kemenangan Sepanyol dalam piala dunia ke 2010, maka pasukan Eropah sudah menang piala dunia sebanyak 9 kali. Begitu juga pasukan Amerika Selatan sebanyak 9 kali. Bermakna seri 9 – 9.

Namun dari segi pemain lagenda dunia – 2 nama teratas kekal milik Amerika Selatan iaitu Pele (Brazil) dan Diego Maradona (Argentina). Argentina juga mempunyai seorang lagi pemain legenda iaitu Alfredo D’Stefano. Brazil pula mempunyai ramai pemain legenda selain Pele iaitu Zico, Didi, Vava, Garrincha, Roberto Rivelino, Ronaldo, Romario, Bebeto, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Careca, Socrates, Falcao, Eder, Junior, Jairzinho dan Gerson.

Ronaldo dan Ronaldinho umpamanya pernah dinobatkan pemain terbaik dunia sebanyak 3 kali, Rivaldo, Kaka, Romario juga pernah memenangi gelaran berprestij itu.

Pemain legenda dari Eropah pun ramai namun belum setanding Pele dan Maradona – mereka ialah George Best dari Ireland Utara, Eusebio – Portugal, Ferenc Puskas – Hungary, Just Fontaine – Perancis, Eric Cantona, Michel Platini, Alain Girrese, Jean Tigana, David Ginola dan Zinedine Zidane – kesemuanya dari Perancis, Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Paolo Rossi, Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon, Daniel Bertoni, Guiseppe Bergomi dan ramai lagi kesemuanya dari Itali, Georghe Hagi – Rumania, Hristo Stoichkov – Bulgaria, Alan Simonsen, Jasper Olsen dan Preben Ekjaer – Denmark, Dragan Stojkovic – Yugoslavia, Eusebio dan Luis Figo – Portugal, Lato dan Smolarek – Poland, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Alf Ramsey, Kevin Keegan, Bryan Robson, Alan Shearer, John Barnes, Gary Lineker kesemuanya dari England, Ian Rush dan Ryan Giggs – Wales serta Kenny Dalglish dan Terry Mc Dermot – Scotland.

Oleh itu marilah kita beramai ramai nyanyikan lagu “Spanish Eyes” kepada pasukan Sepanyol dan Barcelona…!!!

Kita juga harus menyemarakkan semangat bolasepak dengan menyanyikan rasmi World Cup 2010 “waka waka” nyanyian penyanyi kelahiran Colombia – Shakira.

Jurulatih Sepanyol Vincente Del Bosque pastinya menjadi kekesalan kepada pasukan lamanya Real Madrid kerana Real Madrid pernah membuangnya sebagai jurulatih. Namun Del Bosque membuktikan betapa dia amat hebat dengan membimbing Sepanyol juara piala dunia 2010.

Real Madrid juga amat ganjil kerana pernah membuang pengurusnya Fabio Capello meskipun Capello membimbing Real Madrid juara La Liga Sepanyol ketika itu. Barisan bintang Real Madrid kini yang dibarisi Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iker Casillas dan Xavi Alonso, juga tidak mampu memenangi La Liga Sepanyol pada musim 2009/2010 yang dimenangi Barcelona.

Bagi pemain sayap Belanda – Arjen Robben – dia mungkin sudah 2 kali dikecewakan dalam tempoh 2 bulan dalam final 2 kejohanan terbesar dunia. Pada May 2010, pasukan kelabnya Bayern Munich tewas 0-2 kepada Inter Milan pada final Champions League dan 2 bulan selepas itu pasukan negaranya, Belanda tewas 0-1 kepada Sepanyol di final Piala Dunia 2010. Namun diakui Robben memang hebat sekali – dia berjaya mengemudi pasukan kelab dan negaranya layak ke 2 final terbesar dunia 2 kali berturut turut dalam masa 2 bulan!!!

Pengadil sering kali dipersalahkan setiap kali berlangsungnya Piala Dunia. Pada piala dunia kali ini beberapa keputusan pengadil dipertikaikan. Antaranya gol Frank Lampard untuk England yang nyata sudah melepasi garisan tetapi tidak diiktiraf pengadil dari Uruguay Jorge Larrionda. England akhirnya tewas 1-4 kepada Jerman pada pertembungan pusingan kedua itu.

Begitu juga gol offside Carlos Tevez untuk Argentina menentang Mexico pada pusingan kedua tetapi dibenarkan pengadil.

Pengadil dari Guatemala juga tidak lekang dari kontroversi ketika perlawanan Paraguay menentang Sepanyol di suku akhir. Gol Paraguay tidak dikira kerana dikatakan offside sedangkan ulang tayang televisyen menunjukkan gol itu sah dan pemain Paraguay yang berambut kerinting panjang itu tidak offside ketika menjaringkan gol menewaskan Iker Casillas.

Pengadil juga tidak memberikan Paraguay sepakan penalti kedua atas kesalahan pemain Sepanyol memasuki petak penaltik ketika Cardozo mengambil sepakan yang diselamatkan Casillas itu. Sepanyol juga dianugerahkan sepakan penalti tidak lama selepas itu selepas David Villa dijatuhkan, dan Berjaya disumbat gol oleh Xavi Alonso, namun pengadil mengarahkan sepakan diambil semula kerana pemain Sepanyol memasuki petak penalty ketika sepakan itu diambil. Sepakan penalty kedua Xavi Alonso Berjaya diselamatkan penjaga gol Paraguay.

Pengadil sepatutnya memberikan sepakan penalty ketiga kepada Spain, kerana David Villa dijatuhkan di kotak penalty ketika penalty kedua Alonso diselamatkan. Hmmm.. pening kannn.. Namun akhirnya Sepanyol menang perlawanan itu 1-0 jaringan David Villa – namun bola itu terkena palang 2 kali sebelum masuk ke gawang Paraguay!!

Satu lagi persoalan, mengapakah pengadil bertauliah FIFA dari Malaysia, Sukhbidin Mohd Salleh, tidak diberi tugas sebagai penjaga garisan atau pengadil. Dalam kesemua perlawanan yang melibatkan Subkhidin, dia hanya dilihat menjadi pegawai keempat , hanya memegang papan tanda elektronik sahaja…

Apapun Piala Dunia 2010 meninggalkan seribu kenangan kepada 6 billion peminat bolasepak di dunia dan jutaan lagi di galaksi lain termasuk di stesen angkasalepas antarabangsa, ISS.

Pemain ternama seperti pemain terbaik dunia 2008 Kaka - Brazil, pemain terbaik dunia 2009 Lionel Messi – Argentina dan Fernando Torres – Sepanyol semuanya pulang tanpa menjaringkan sebarang gol. Namun Torres harus berpuas hati kerana pasukannya menjulang Piala Dunia 2010.

Syabas Sepanyol… Hidup Brazil… Viva Liverpool..

Terima kasih kerana membaca…

2010 World Cup semifinal : Spain 1-0 Germany - cheers in Spain and tears in Germany

Football fans cheered in Madrid and shed tears in Berlin as Spain set up a World Cup final showdown with the Netherlands at Soccer City, Johannesburg on Sunday, 11 July 2010.

Spain beat the mighty 3 times world champion Germany, 1-0 in a thrilling semifinal clash at Durban, South Africa on this historic day, Wednesday, 7th July 2010.





Carles Puyol, once voted the best defender in Europe by UEFA, and the distinctive mop haired Barcelona veteran deployed to prevent rather than score goals, settled the Durban semi-final thriller by dashing forward to head an Andres Iniesta corner into the net on 73 minutes.






The goal broke the deadlock in a match Spain took a vice-like grip on from the start as a German team becoming used to scoring four goals a game found themselves on the receiving end of a masterclass in possession and passing.

Hail to the Spanish Matadors and the Spanish Armada.


Queen Sofia of Spain

When Puyol scored, almost everybody in Spain including Queen Sofia of Spain and those watching in Madrid, Barcelona or Bilbao and Valladolid and millions more staunch Spain supporters around the globe and other galaxies, erupted into endless mammoth cheers.

Even dying patients on death-beds in hospitals around Spain reportedly got a second chance in life, they were cured miraculously!!!!!

Congratulatons to the La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)...!!!

Hail to Puyol, Spain is Puyol and Puyol is Spain. Will the male and female human populations sport the same Mop style hairstyle as Puyol?? We will see.

Well, Spain progress all the way into the 2010 World Cup final is indeed historic, for their best achievements was 4 quarterfinal appearences in the 1934, 1986, 1994 and 2002 World Cups.

In their last 12 World Cup appearences, Spain failed to qualify to the semifinal stage, despite featuring some of the world's best players from best known clubs in the universe - Real Madrid and Barcelona and hosting one of the world's best soccer leagues - The La Liga, therefore earning the unwanted nickname - the perrenial underachievers!!!



This time, Spain proved otherwise.

The solid pillar of attack and defence of the La Furia Roja spearheaded by Barcelona's Puyol, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Barcelona bound Super Striker - David Villa as well as Liverpool's Fernando Torres and Real Madrid's Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos and Xavi Alonso has sent the mighty Germans packing.

Spain recovered well at the 2010 World Cup after a shock start, a 0-1 loss to modest Switzerland in their first group match on June 16, 2010.

The Matadors went on to beat Hounduras 2-0, Chile 2-1, Portugal 1-0 (2nd round), Paraguay 1-0 in the quarterfinal and the German 1-0 in the semifinal held on 7th July 2010.

After the final whistle was blown by Hungarian referee, Viktor Kassai to end the Spain - German encounter, 'Red Fury' supporters all over the globe leapt in the air, waved red and yellow scarves and Spanish football was the sole topic of conversations in Madrid, Paris, Washington, London, Kuala Lumpur, Kiulu, Sabah and Phnom Penh, and the North and South Pole, throughout the day as night fell.

Spain is now only one match away of winning football's greatest and biggest prize.

Meanwhile, stunned Germans, told a few days before by legend Franz Beckenbauer that the team was "perfect" after drilling a total of 12 goals past Australia (4-0), England (4-1) in the 2nd round and Argentina 4-0 in the quarterfinal , openly wept at another failure against Spain.

The countries also met in the 2008 European championship final in Vienna, Austria and the result was the same 1-0 margin, with Liverpool striker Fernando Torres the scorer on that occasion.

"Germany is upset and tears are flowing up and down the country," admitted mass-circulation German daily Bild. "No matter how tough it may be to accept, the defeat was deserved."

Spain next opponent in the 2010 world cup final, the Netherlands are one tough customer and no easy meat as well.

The Netherlands recorded 6 wins out of 6 matches, including sending home the mighty 5 time world champions Brazil, with a 2-1 win in the quarterfinal.

Spain and Netherlands have been competing in the World Cup since 1934 but never met which only adds to the intrigue ahead of a final that will attract a sell-out 90,000 crowd to a western outskirt of Johannesburg.

Pre-tournament favourites after only two losses in two years - against the Swiss and the United States in a 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final - Spain will retain that status going into the climax of the month-long event.

But the Dutch, runners-up to hosts West Germany and Argentina in the 1974 and 1978 finals, losing 1-2 and 1-3 respectively, have an even better record at this World Cup than Spain, winning all six matches.

They reached the final with a 3-2 victory over tournament surprise packets Uruguay in a Cape Town clash settled by goals from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben within four second-half minutes.

Like Dutch counterpart Bert van Marwijk, Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque pleaded with his celebrating stars to keep their feet on the ground ahead of the second all-Europe final in a row with Italy defeating France in Berlin.

"Of course we must celebrate this victory but we will do so with moderation. We will not be blinded by success. We will enjoy this and then start preparing for the final," stressed the former Real Madrid coach.

"There is nothing more difficult or precious than to win a World Cup. But we still have to play the final. We cannot start bragging or get too conceited yet.

"We looked to win the ball and keep it for the entire match and the players did their job magnificently," said the man who courageously axed misfiring Torres for the semi-final.

"The triumph is even bigger because of the size of the opponent. You could say Germany were less strong than expected but that was because our team did a great job. The bottom line is we played better than they expected."

While Spain and Netherlands moved to the South African financial capital, Germany and Uruguay headed for the Eastern Cape city of Port Elizabeth and a third place play-off on Saturday.

Go Puyol, Go Matador, Go David Villa, Go La Furia Roja!!!!! Win your first ever world Cup!!!

German 'psychic' octopus predicts victory for Spain over Germany in the 2010 World Cup semifinal..

Paul is a national celebrity in Germany after all his predictions for Germany in this 2010 World Cup were 100% correct, including the 0-1 defeat to Serbia...!!!











Paul, the "psychic" octopus in Germany, which appears to have correctly predicted every 2010 World Cup game involving the national team so far, has picked Spain over Germany in the semi-final...!!!

Germans fans are heart broken even before the match against Spain later today!!!

Paul, from the Sea Life Aquarium in the western city of Oberhausen, chose a mussel from a jar with the Spanish flag instead of one with a German flag.

The two-year-old cephalopod has become a national celebrity.

According to his owners, Paul has a record of predicting German results in major tournaments including the ongoing 2010 World Cup in South Africa where Germany advances all the way to the semifinal having pumped 8 goals against 2 former world champions, England and Argentina in the 2nd round and quarter final respectively.

Paul correctly predicted all five of the team's previous World Cup games - 4 wins and a loss. The 4 Germany wins were against Australia, Ghana, England and Argentina and a shock defeat by Serbia in the group stages.

His prognosis ahead of Wednesday's World Cup semi-final was broadcast live on German TV.

Correspondents says Paul's plumping for Spain has caused alarm in the country, but some analysts point out that his predictive powers are not perfect.

During Euro 2008 he wrongly picked Germany as the victor against Spain.

Viva Spain!!! Enough of the Germans, they have won the World Cup 3 times already in 1954, 1974 and 1990 while Spain has not tasted that glory!!!

2010 World Cup Semifinal : Germany and Spain clash of the titans

The Germans are simply unstoppable, they pumped in 8 goals past 2 former World Champions England (4-1 win in the 2nd round) and Argentina (4-0 demolition in the quarter final). In the group stage, Germany routed Australia 4-0 and beat Ghana 1-0 but suffered a shock 0-1 loss to Serbia, after their talismanic top striker Miroslav Klose was sent off.



The Spanish squad has won 4 out of 5 matches at this 2010 World Cup, same as the Germans. After the shock 0-1 loss to Switzerland in their 1st match at the group stage, Spain never looked back, disposing off Honduras 2-0, Chile 2-1, Portugal 1-0 in the 2nd round knock out stage and another 1-0 win over Paraguay in the quarterfinal.


Germany and Spain do battle on Wednesday 7 July 2010 for the right to meet the Netherlands in the World Cup final, in a semifinal match, widely expected to be one of the most exciting clashes of the tournament. The clash of the Titans to be exact.

However the Germans prevailed in their 2 previous clashes of the Titans, pumping 4 goals against the 1966 champion England in their 4-1 win in the 2nd round and shocking 2 times world champion Argentina 4-0 in the quarterfinal.

Germany and Spain will fight to the teeth to ensure which team gets the right to face the Dutch in the final at Soccer City, Johannesburg on Sunday, 11th July, 2010.

A 3-2 Dutch victory on Tuesday against a Uruguayan side who fought until the last minute in a thrilling encounter, guaranteed Europe would win its first trophy outside the continent in the final at Johannesburg's Soccer City on Sunday.

The semi-final in Durban on Wednesday promises to be another thriller with both teams committed to attack and fast passing.

The speed and quality of the German side has been one of the surprises of the tournament while European champions Spain are one of the world's most stylish teams, able to torment opponents with precision passes and possession.

The Germans are 3 time world champions having won the World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990.

Germany will be looking for revenge for their defeat by Spain in the 2008 Euro final, 2 years ago.

But German coach Joachim Loew says they have got better and the speed of their game has improved since then, while Spain are the same, admittedly efficient, side as two years ago.

The Netherlands, in their first final since 1978, had to endure some nail-biting moments in the other semi-final on Tuesday when Uruguay pulled a goal back in added time and looked in danger of scoring another in the dying seconds.

It will be a battle between 2 sides that boast a handful of world football megastars.

Germany is powered by their 14 goals hero in 3 world cups - Miroslav Klose who now equals the legendary Gerd Muller Der Bomber world cup goals record. Klose will be assisted by the find of the tournament - the Germans young striker - Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich.

Spain's chief striker David Villa who has scored 5 goals so far will be the main threat in the Germans defence alongside the dangerous Fernando Torres who even tough still has not scored in this World Cup, remains one of the deadliest strikers in the world.

The Germans has qualified into 12 world cup semifinals. Apart from winning 3 world cups, the mighty Germans also featured in the final 3 times in a row in 1982 (beaten by Italy 1-3), 1986 (beaten by Argentina 2-3) and 1990(crowned world champion after 1-0 win against Argentina).

As for the Spanish Armada, they have never won the world Cup.

Go Germans Go Spain!!!

Match officials admitted Frank Lampard's disallowed goal was too fast for human eyes

This is the guy who crushed England's 2010 World Cup - Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda






Every human beings including me who saw on TV the 2010 World Cup 2nd round match between Germany and England, were absolutely sure that this should have been England's 2nd goal of the match.

The Jabulani ball was a yard over the goal line, courtesy of a Frank Lampard stirke.

But to the amazement of many, the match officals ruled that it was a non-goal and the referee in question, Jorge Larroinda from Uruguay, waved play on.

Linesman Mauricio Espinosa whose very job was to watch the ball from the 1st minute right up to the 90th minute failed miserably.

Espinosa should have his eyes rebooted with a genetically enhanced vision, because his blindness will go down in history as one of the greatest misses of the century in World Cup.

That June 27, 2010 incident at Bloemfontein, South Africa carried enough weight to be on the same level with Diego Maradona's infamous hand of God incident in 1986 which coincidently involved England squad and the globally disputed till today Geoff Hurst 3rd goal for coincidently England again in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley.

The Daily Mail quoted the partially blind Espinosa as saying :


"It was a very fast shot that I did not see properly, even though I was located in the right place.

"We didn't see a replay in the dressing room at half-time but you could sense what had happened.

"It was only when we saw the TV that we realised what happened.

"I feel quite sad about it because we had prepared for such a long time for the World Cup.

"It could have happened to anyone, unfortunately it was us. You just have to accept it. Life goes on."

One has to feel sorry for a man who has failed to see a football when his sole duty is to look at a football for 90 minutes.

But the "fast shot" excuse seems a little weak: It was a looping long strike that didn't have half of the velocity of Carlos Tevez's rocket of a goal against Mexico.

Still, England fans can continue to seek solace in the fact that they won a World Cup in 1966 based on a controversial incident like this, and that Germany would have spanked them anyway.

This particular incident is also a very good lesson for the foolish FIFA President, Sepp Blatter who till today refused to use technology to solve incident of galaxy-magnitude like that.

After that 1-4 humiliation by Germany, England's embattled coach, Fabio Cappelo said :



"I just don't understand. We have the technology to assist the referee and we stay here to speak about this - goal or no goal. I don't understand why."

He added: "We play, I think, well when we were 2-1, 2-2. After we lost the third goal, we played I think a little bit disappointing. Mistakes were made because they played the counter-attack after the free-kick for us."

Despite the unlucky breaks, the result - England's worst ever World Cup defeat - meant Capello's men won just one game in South Africa, against Slovenia, and there was little argument that the players had failed to live up to expectations.

Asked about the poor performances, Capello said: "No, we played well. They played well because Germany is one of the biggest teams here. We made some mistakes when they played the counter-attack, the referee made the more big mistake, but this is the football. The little things decide the results always."



Frank Lampard said he was 'baffled' by the referee's decision: "I haven't seen the goal again but I didn't need to see it again. I knew straight away that my shot was over the line, clearly a yard or so. It baffles me that it wasn't given and it was a big deciding factor.

"I won't stand here and say it is the reason why we got knocked out, but if it had gone to 2-2, and we had still come out and played the way we did in the second half, it would have been a different game.

"I think it is time to bring in goal-line technology. We had a meeting before the World Cup when we were told about a million different rule changes that hardly affect the game.

"The big one, the one that affects the game today, hasn't been brought in so it is a no-brainer."

He added: "Nobody can stand here and tell me Germany were a lot better than us. They were not 4-1 better than us, but the things have conspired against us and maybe we have conspired against ourselves at times. It just didn't go for us."

Captain Steven Gerrard admitted the disallowed goal had an effect but made no excuses for the heavy defeat.



"There were big key decisions in the game, at 2-1 we had a goal disallowed," he told BBC 5 Live. "At 2-1 we were hurting them and we were still in the game. I think it (the disallowed goal) had an effect but we cannot use that as an excuse with being beaten 4-1.

"That would have been a big goal for us. It's all ifs and buts. Germany are a fantastic team and they deserved their win. You go away and you have a think about what went wrong and why we didn't progress further in the tournament.

"As a team we've made a big mistake today and we've been beaten by a good team. They were more clinical in front of goal and they made less mistakes than us and we got punished for that."

Maradona fracas with the German fans after the 0-4 world cup 2010 humiliation at the hands of the Germans!!

This is the scenic view of the Table Mountain, in Cape Town, the icon of South Africa. Cape Town is also the city where Diego Maradona's and his boys were heartbroken after the crushing 0-4 defeat against Germany at the quarter final stage of the 2010 World Cup, held at the Green Point Stadium, Cape Town.



The 2010 World Cup champion will now be decided between the 2 times finalist at the 1974 and 1978 world cup - The Netherlands, 2008 European champion Spain, World Cup1930 and 1950 winner Uruguay and 3 times World Cup Champion (1954, 1974 and 1990)Germany.



The match ended unexpectedly with a 4-0 drubbing by Germany against the hapless Argentina. Seen here, Germany striker Miroslav Klose, scoring Germany 2nd goal in 68th minute of the second half. Klose later scored his 2nd goal of the night at the 89th minute for Germany's 4th goal.


On 3rd July 2010, Germany inflicted Argentina biggest ever loss in a World Cup match. The 4-0 drubbing of Diego Maradona's boys at the hands of the Germans, was totally unexpected. Billions of people around the world expected Argentina to give a very tough fight against the mighty Germans. In the end, it was "Don't cry for me Argentina".

Matches at any level pitting the 3 times world chamipons Germany against 2 times World Champion Argentina were always explosive.

These two teams have met at the World Cup final twice in 1986 and 4 years later in 1990.

In the 1986 final held at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico, Diego Maradona's team prevailed, winning 3-2 to lift the World Cup for the 2nd times after their first triumph in the Mario Kempes inspired team of 1978.

However Germany avenged that painful defeat by inflicting a 1-0 loss against Maradona and co in the 1990 world cup final in Rome, Italy. A sole penalty goal by Andreas Brehme, allowed Germany to lift the coveted and prestigious trophy for the 3rd time.

Both teams also fought it out at the same quarter final level at the 2006 World Cup in Germany where the home team once again prevailed. Germany won the penalty shoot out after the match ended 1-1 after extra time.

Before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Germany actually lost 0-1 to Argentina in a pre world cup friendly match held at the Allianz Arena in Munich on

However, last night on 3rd July 2010, Germany played differently and superbly, their splendid passes and game strategy worked out magnificently and perfectly and caused endless havoc at the hearts of the Argentine defence from the 1st minute till the 90th minute.

The Argentina defence failed to contain the relentless German attack, conceeding a goal as early as the 3rd minutes, courtesy of a Bastian Schweinsteiger free kick, headed by Thomas Muller from close range, leaving Argentine long haired 6 foot 5 inches goalkeeper, Sergio Romero no chance at all.

A Miroslav Klose double goals in the 68th and 89th minute as well as Arne Friedrich 1st goal for Germany in 77 matches in the 74th minute, sealed Argentina's fate with a 4-0 drubbing.


This was a scene after Argentina's worst ever defeat in a World Cup Match, the 0-4 humiliation by the Germans at the Argentina's coach - the legendary Diego Armando Maradona seen in a fracas with the Germans who celebrated too close behind the Argentine bench. Diego has to be calmed by his daughter, Dalma.



This made in German banner which reads "Bye, Maradona" also further incensed the already crushed and heart broken Argentine legend.


In the 0-4 loss, Argentine playmaker and 2009/2010 World and European footballer of the year, Lionel Messi failed to shine. He occasionaly threatened the rock solid German defence but to no avail. Sadly, Messi leaves this 2010 World Cup without scoring a goal, however his many defence splitting passes has helped Argentina to progress into the quarter final, defeating Nigeria, South Korea, Greece and Mexico in the process.


"Messi is my Maradona," said Maradona himself, as the head coach of the Argentine national team.


Martin Palermo dubbed the Joker for missing 3 penalties in a match against Colombia in the 1999 Copa America, thus infamously earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for missing three penalties for Argentina in a single international match. The first penalty rebounded off the crossbar; the second penalty went over; the third was saved by the Colombian goalkeeper, Miguel Calero. Though his international career seemed to be over at the end of his magnificent career, Palermo late goal in a crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier with Paraguay, secured his place in this Argentina squad, with boss Diego Maradona hailing him as 'Saint Martin' after that game.



Argentina's forward Diego Milito's 2 goals for Inter Milan against Bayern Munich en route to winning the Champions League on May 2010, was not enough to earn him a first team place. Milito did not feature in the 0-4 demoliton of Argentina by Germany in the 2010 World Cup quarter final at Cape Town.

Last but not least, I join millions of frustrated Argentina fans around the globes and other galaxies as well, in singing this heart broken song.

World Cup 2010 - shameful Felipe Melo contributes greatly to Brazilian fall

Brazil gone, now it's up to Diego Armando Maradona and Lionel Messi to carry South American hope to win and bring the World Cup to South America continent. A win for Argentina is a win for the whole of South American and Brazilian fans around the globe.



Felipe Melo dashed 2 billion people hopes of watching Brazil repeating the 2002 world Cup triumph.



Felipe Melo played like a sick chicken - better slaughter him!!!



This is a view of the seaside city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where Brazil fell 1-2 to Holland in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final match, 2nd July 2010. No thanks to Felipe Melo the rotten Melon


2 July 2010 indeed is a very sad day for Brazilian football and to almost 2 billion Brazilian football fans around the globe, including me in far away Sabah, Malaysia, South East Asia.

One person caused the misery of 2 bllion people around the globe. One person broke the hearts and crush the hopes of 2 billion people..!!!

That person commited 3 grave mistakes in the Brazil versus Holland, at the 2010 World Cup 2010 quarterfinal match held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

The person in question is the foolish, stupid and super imbecile Felipe Melo.

Melo commited 3 fatal mistakes that fatally and suddenly halted Brazil progress in the ongoing World Cup held at the very 1st time at the African continent.

Brazil’s hope and ambition to win the coveted trophy for a record 6th times were torn into pieces because of Felipe Melo’s stupidity and born loser, genetically inherited mental and physical handicapp.

Felipe Melo should have never ever been born into this world.

Why Dunga picked him instead of the inform, former world player of the year, Ronaldinho??

Why Dunga Why??

Ronaldinho is at least 100 times better than Melo in all aspects, be it dribbling, heading, dealing with dead ball situations, taking free kicks, delivering defence splitting passes as well as scoring spectacular goals.

But Melo crushed the hearts of billions of Brazilian fans including at the I-S-S, International Space Stations and other galaxies as well.

First, he scored a stupid own goal past his own goalkeeper Julio Cesar, to give the Dutch an equalizer after Robinho’s 10th minute strike gave Brazil an early lead.

Then Melo just watched haplessly as Wesley Sneijder headed Holland second and winning goal, that night. Melo did not even attempt to challenge Sneijder who was standing a mere 2 feet away from him. He was a true moron!!!

The last and 3rd fatal mistakes Melo did on that fateful 2nd July 2010 afternoon at Port Elizabeth was his sheer madness and utter stupidity act of stomping on Arjen Robbens legs, thus earning him a straight Red Card.

That left Brazil with only 10 men and made it even harder for Dunga’s boys to overcome the 1-2 deficit.

Melo knew that stomping into any of your opponents bodyparts in football, will result in a straight red card. It is like children who knew that 2 + 2 equals 4. But to Felipe Melo’s rotten mind, 2 + 2 equals minus 77..!!!

Melo, maybe overdosed of Milo, actually played for Holland last night, for he did a tremendous job in defeating his own team – Brazil. It was like Holland was playing with an extra player with Melo on their side. 12 against 10 to be exact.

Melo – you are a rotten Melon.

What will be the ideal punishment to a single person who caused misery to 2 billion people?

Well to me, there are many.

We can choose any assortments of weaponry including Gatling Gun, Napalm Bomb, Carl Gustav 80mm anti tank shell, Claymoore mines and .50 Calibre Heavy Machine Gun..!!


That person shot should be Felipe Melo right?



This is the effect of a Napalm bomb in Vietnam


Screw and xx#$%#@((& you Felipe Melo...!!!!!

As for the Dutch players, Arjen Robben who easily dropped to the ground every time he got the ball during that match to earn unnecessary free kicks, should be jailed in South Africa’s infamous Robben island prison, off the coast of Cape Town for at least 88 years until he drops dead.



As for Dirk Kuyt who contributed the 2nd goal, he should be rammed by a mad bull from Spain, for he is not a striker, instead he played like a mad bull.

Some Brazilian players like Michael Bastos, Juan and Nilmar should have never been picked for the South African trip, for they played like sissy pussycat dolls. Heck, even The Pussycat Dolls play better football than this trio of shame.

Juan in particular was silly enough, missing 2 golden opportunities to score from the 6 yard box, on both occasions, he ballooned his shot and headed wide instead.

He must have thought that chances like that will come 100 times in a match against Holland at the quarter final of the world Cup?? Stupid right??

Juan is more suitable to play in rugby because his skywards shots will count as goals.

That match only proves that only Brazil can defeat Brazil.

On a more positive note, Brazil remains as the only 5 star team in any World Cup tournament.

The 5 stars are smartly embalmed on their jerseys, signifying the unmatchable achievements of winning 5 world cups in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

Viva Brazil.

One more thing, Brazil should be refferd as BRZ in short form instead of BRA for BRA means you know what.