Great job Hun keep up the good work

Thanks Blade.........(*_*)

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South Africa can win the World Cup, despite the nerves:

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 18:47

Nerves are good. You need nerves before a football game if you are to do well, because without nerves, the butterfly feeling in the stomach, you don't truly know what is at stake. Some of the South African players have admitted to feeling nervous today and it's not a bad thing.

In fact, it's a good thing, because having these nerves also means they believe they can achieve something special and you know what, they can.

"As it gets nearer to kick off, the nerves are beginning. All we have in mind is not to disappoint," said striker Bernard Parker.

"There are times now when you get really nervous but having the nation behind us means a lot to the squad," added winger Siphiwe Tshabalala.

"I don't know how we are going to feel on the bus on the way to the opening game," said the David Beckham of South African football and not because he looks like him, just because of the media coverage of him and his wife, Matthew Booth.
Just a chance for South Africa

You see, South Africa have looked good lately. The football has been very focused, very crisp and very controlled. When you look at France, Mexico and Uruguay and then back at the football South Africa have played recently, there is reason to believe they will get through this group.

Mexico looked good against England despite losing 3-1, they drew with Bulgaria and they beat Columbia recently also. To top it all off, South Africa beat Italy and not a second side or a much changed side; South Africa really did stun Italy.

"We are all aware of the importance of winning the first game," said goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune.

"We have the advantage of home support and with the whole nation behind us there is a real energy. But there is a little bit of nerves while we wait."

Nerves are good, but local support is going to be important too and I fancy South Africa will get it.

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010


Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates 11 June – 11 July
Teams 32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 10 (in 9 host cities)


The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.

This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup. Italy are the defending champions, after winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.

lol cc m8 brazil will fail like your image.

come on ENGLAND

HAHAHAHAHAHA!! mac u should support brazil coz england wont passes the first fase...lol

whohooooo!!!!!!!
go brazil bring us the trophy

lol looooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it

COME ON ENGLAND

Brazil x USA they almost got us ..lmao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslsLS-ZPC4

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Spain thrash Poland but Iniesta comes off injured:

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 09:26

Spain beat Poland 6-0 yesterday, at a canter, but the real news is that in the 39th minute of the game Andres Iniesta came off with a muscle problem. He will have a scan today and the reason why this is real news is because Iniesta is one of the reasons why Spain are favourites to win the World Cup starting this week.

"He felt a little strain in his leg but we hope it's nothing," said coach Vicente del Bosque. But there was also some very good news if you are a Spanish supporter.

The good news is, Fernando Torres is back and the even better news is he hasn't forgotten where the goal is. The even better news is that Cesc Fabregas, David Villa and Xabi Alonso have also not forgotten where the goal is.

The reason this is a worry is because Iniesta spent a fair chunk of the season out with a thigh problem, so Spanish fingers will be crossed today, hoping the scan comes back giving it the all clear.

"The injury has passed and now I'm able to help my team-mates, so it's time to enjoy it," said Torres. "Tomorrow [Wednesday] I'm sure there will be a lot of optimism and euphoria but we know it will be difficult."

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Ramos talks down Spain chances ahead of World Cup:

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 10:56

Spanish defender Sergio Ramos thinks that Italy, Brazil, Holland and Portugal all have a chance of winning the World Cup this year but we think this is just the Spanish way of trying to ease the pressure on the World Cup favourites.

"Well, I think in these kinds of events you always have a surprise," the Real Madrid defender said.

"Obviously the favourites are Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Holland ... in this year's tournament we will see so many good players which make the World Cup so interesting and exciting. So, we pass the status of being the favourite to the other teams.

"We do not like to be seen as favourites but of course we have a strong team and if we do the things well as we did in the European Cup, step by step and respecting every team, we will play an important role. I would be happy reaching the 11th of July, the day of the final."

Ramos is just trying to deflect the pressure away from his team-mates, but we all know Spain are looking the best and have done for two or three years. If you were going to have a bet on the World Cup - we say put it on Spain, we think they will do it too.

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Kewell and Emerton train for Australia ahead of World Cup:

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 12:13

Three bits of news for Australian football fans today and while none of it is bad news or going to get you that worried about your chances in South Africa, it is a little interesting.

The news all comes from quite an intensive two hour training session last night and seeing as we always like good news at the end, we will start with the not so good news.

The not so good news is that Everton midfielder Tim Cahill and the one player the Australian starting eleven can not do without if they are to stand a chance of getting past Ghana, Germany and Serbia, only took part in light training and is still suffering form the neck injury he picked up in the defeat to the USA last week.

The good news is that one time bright prospect Harry Kewell took part in training and Blackburn midfielder Brett Emerton also completed the two hour session.

It's good news for Australia and it will be even better if Tim Cahill is fit to play. Without him, we are not so sure.

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Onyewu and Altidore available for World Cup opener:

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 13:26

USA coach Bob Bradley says defender Oguchi Onyewu is ready to play ninety minutes against England and the defender is also keen to play, despite not playing a full ninety minutes since October last year.

Bradley used him as a 61st minute substitute against Australia on Saturday and the player would have liked more.

"Obviously, yeah, I would love to be able to see if I could have played a full 90," Onyewu said yesterday.

USA play England on Saturday in the first World Cup match of the campaign and Bradley is keen to have his strongest team available and is also confident that Jozy Altidore will be available after spraining his ankle in the warm up match against Austrlia last week.

Altidore took part in training yesterday and Bradley knows he is available: "He's available for whatever role we choose for Saturday."

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Haha Bat nice one............(*_*)

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Lippi is angry and isn't afraid to say so either:


Wednesday, 09 June 2010 19:25

Italy head coach Marcello Lippi is getting a little annoyed at hearing and reading that his squad of players are a little too old to be competing for a World Cup.

He lashed out at Italy's critics at his first chance today when landing in South Africa, pleading to at least give the team time to prove itself.

The coach mentioned that there was little optimism surrounding his squad four years ago and he declared that he wouldn't let anyone "jump on the bandwagon" if Italy does well this time, too.

Well, for what it is worth Mr Lippi - we don't think you will.

The 62-year-old coach even went so far as to mention that the squad could contain a "new" Paolo Rossi the striker who scored six goals in the last three games at the 1982 World Cup.

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Swiss captain picks up ankle injury ahead of World Cup:


Wednesday, 09 June 2010 20:49

Swiss captain Alex Frei has picked up what might be quite a serious ankle injury today and he has left quite a few Swiss football fans worried that it could mean he is out of hte World Cup.

Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld isn't worried though and he has put Frei on the plane to South Africa tonight and he is confident he will be able to call on the player sometime during the tournament.
"I hope the ligaments are not damaged, that there is no fracture," Hitzfeld told Swiss news agency ATS.

"I believe Alex will be on the flight with us tonight for South Africa even if it's a bad injury. I leave in the belief that he will take part in the World Cup.

"He perhaps will not be ready for the first match but I will be able to call upon him after that."

The Swiss line up against Spain, Honduras and Chile in Group H - what we are referring to as the easy group.

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Take it all in, World Cup history begins today:

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:06

The countdown on the FIFA website and our countdown to the right, tell you the World Cup starts today and in some weird universe where people care more about formalities than football, it does. For us, it starts tomorrow at 4.00pm when South Africa kick off against Mexico, but our point is, it is starting and history is getting made.

So, if you are in South Africa, take a moment, take several moments. Breath it all in and take as many mental and real images as you can. The World Cup comes to South Africa - officially the new home of football.

Also, if you are in South Africa, take every opportunity you can to explore - I promise you, if it is your first time in South Africa and you really do give it a chance, it won't be your last. But you need to get out and about as the football is only a few hours a day - the rest of the time is for seeing new things.

But, if you are not in South Africa you need to know what we are going to be doing here.

From this afternoon onwards - we are going to be focusing on the actual football. So for every match there will be a match preview and for every match there will be a match report. We have individual group pages and we have all the group fixtures on one page as well as every World Cup group table on another - all will be updated as soon as the match is over so you'll be able to get your information as you need it.

On the day of the match and during the match we will be updating our Twitter feed with team news and all the match action. Twitter is where you will get our micro blogging - short one liners about what is happening in South Africa throughout the World Cup. Twitter will also be a good place to be as we will drop links to new news on here and everywhere else on the web too.

So, according to FIFA, the World Cup starts today, according to us, the World Cup starts tomorrow - either way it is here. Welcome to the new home of football!

Oh dear im not sure about the count down now because every counrty is different, Bat please help me out here........(*_*)

Right count down from UK please!!

Yep got the right one last time.......(*_*)
Thanks Bat....(*_~)

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