2010 Soccer World Cup Champs – SPAIN

Spain - 2010 Soccer World Champs

Well done to Spain who are the 2010 Soccer World Cup Champions. Final success rate 100%, 1 World Cup Final – 1 win, not bad.

Euro 2008 Champions and World Champions 2010 – back to back, its been a good run for Spain and I don’t see this run ending any time soon.

Also congratulations to South Africa for hosting an absolutely amazing event, the 2010 soccer world cup went smoothly with out any problem and had state of the art stadiums and public transport. That will silence the critics from abroad and hopefully put South Africa in a better light on every continent. This is truly a beautiful country and Golf is life is PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN!

Spain’s Andres Iniesta won man of the match for his outstanding efforts in the final and of course scoring the winning goal. Iniesta put in all he had for 120 minutes  and it paid off. That is why he is one of the best mid-fielders of all time! 

Man of the match - Andres Iniesta

All the World Cup Awards:

With all the World Cup action over and all the votes tallied, the World Cup awards can now be handed out. And there’s a lot of gold to go around. There’s the Golden Ball for best player, the Golden Boot for top scorer, the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper and the not so golden but still prestigious Best Young Player award.

Read on for an overview of who won what:

Diego Forlan Golden ball Winner 2010

Golden Ball for best player: Diego Forlan (Uruguay)

FIFA drew up the shortlist of 10, and the accredited media voted the Uruguayan striker as the best player of the tournament. No arguments here.
Silver Ball: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
Bronze Ball: David Villa (Spain)

Golden Boot for top scorer: Thomas Mueller (Germany)

There was actually a four way tie at the top of the goalscoring chart with Mueller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder and Diego Forlan all scoring five goals each. Tie-breaker was assists, which put Mueller on top with three.
Silver Shoe: David Villa (Spain)
Bronze Show: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
Villa and Sneijder had one assist each, and so seems from the FIFA top scorer page that Villa finishes above Sneijder based on fewer minutes plated (635 to Sneijder’s 652). No top scorer boots for Forlan, as he played 654 minutes, but luckily he’s got that Golden Ball to console him.

Best Young Player: Thomas Mueller (Germany)

Quite a successful awards haul for Mueller. After being named to a shortlist of three along with Mexico’s Gio dos Santos and Ghana’s Andre Ayew, teh 20 year old Mueller was named as Best Young Player by FIFA’s Technical Study Group.

Golden Glove for best goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain)

Despite conceding to Switzerland in Spain’s opening game (which they lost 1-0), Casillas has been cool as a glacier at World Cup 2010.

FIFA Fair Play Award: Spain

Spain’s eight yellow cards in seven games (five of which came in the final) means the team averaged just 1.14 yellows per game, and zero reds.

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