END OF THE WORLD

The FIFA 2010 World Cup, the first to be held in Africa came to an end this evening with the spaniards winning the trophy in extra time by a fine half volley from Iniesta.  Goes without saying the tournament hosted in South Africa has been a major success in every respect and the impact and legacy will be positive and ever lasting.

In terms of the calibre, entertainment value and overall technical quality of the football played was poor. I have personally been very disappointed considering the nature and scale of such a sporting event, the biggest on the planet that comes around every 4 years and triumphs every other. None of the so called world class players turned up and the drama with the french squad, a bunch of grown highly paid professional footballers was embarrassing to say the least. The only time I have genuinely witnessed such tantrums was at a nursery.

Any how, this is my take on the good, bad and ugly in summary:

BEST PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Diego Forlan
• Thomas Muller
• Mesut Ozil
• Bastian Schweinsteiger

BEST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Germany

WORST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Wayne Rooney
• Fernando Torres

WORST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

• France 

WORLD CLASS PLAYERS WHO FAILED TO PRODUCE AND FIRED BLANKS

• Lionel Messi
• Kaka
• Wayne Rooney
• Christiano Ronaldo (despite his one goal)

MOST INSPIRED TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Ghana

BEST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT

• France vs Mexico

MOST DRAMATIC AND HEART BREAKING GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Ghana vs Uruguay

MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRASHINGS OF THE TOURNAMENT

• England
• Argentina

POOREST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT AND QUITE RIGHTLY BOOED BY THEIR OWN FANS

• England

BEST GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Van Bronckhorst

BEST TEAM CELEBRATION OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Tshabalala

MOST RIDICULOUS TEAM CELEBRATION OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Asamoah Gyan

MOST SHOCKING MISS OF THE TOURNAMENT

• Yakubu

REIGNING EUROPEAN AND NEWLY CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS 

• Spain