World Cup Final: Spain 1 – 0 Netherlands

Posted by Yardie Luke on July 11, 2010 under World Cup Football | Comments are off for this article

Unfortunately the 2010 FIFA World Cup has ended. The final game was won by Spain which makes them the new World Cup winner, in addition to their European Champion Title in 2008.

The third place game between Germany and Uruguay was much more entertaining and had more goals; Germany won 3-2. This final game will be remembered for 14 yellow cards and 1 red card shown by English referee Howard Webb. It was a sloppy game, a dirty game with a karate kick by Heitinga to the chest of Xabi Alonso. Heitinga was fortunate to stay on the field with a yellow card warning.

In the end the better team won. The Netherlands suffer a 3rd loss at a world cup final. They lost to Germany and Argentina respectively in 1974 and 1978.

The 2014 World Cup will be played in Brazil.

It’s ironic that the “total football” introduced by the Dutch was copied by the Spaniards and used to defeat the Dutch who wanted to make a physical impact rather than a skillful one on the field.