The World Cup this year seems very different. Most of the good teams were lacking in performance, name England, France and Italy. Maybe they thought they were still in the qualifying rounds. All their 3 games in the Group matches suck. Well at least the Englishmen made it to the Round of 16.
Unlike France and Italy. These 2 didn’t even get to the Round of 16. Italy were quite okay though, just that the Slovakian guys surprisingly were faster and better. France should just go home after their first match.
The Semi-finals are just around the corner – Tomorrow! Lets take a peek at the countries playing in the semis.
World Cup 2010 Semi-finals
For the Semis, Uruguay will meet Netherlands and Germany will fight Spain. Here’s some interesting facts about the teams.
Uruguay
- This is Uruguay’s 11th appearance in the FIFA World Cup.
- Uruguay hosted the inaugural FIFA World Cup finals in 1930 and became champions after defeating Argentina 4-2 in the Final.
- The last time that the Uruguayans got into the Semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup was at Mexico in 1970, when they finished fourth.
Netherlands
- Netherlands have played in 8 World Cups so far (including this one).
- They’ve never gotten the cup; Twice runner-up in 1974 and 1978, and fourth at France 1998.
Germany
- Germany have won the FIFA World Cup three times in 1954, 1974 and 1990.
- The Germans made it to the World Cup Final seven times, same with Brazil.
- Germany have contested four penalty shoot-outs at the FIFA World Cup finals, winning all of them.
- Germany has made 17 World Cup appearances.
Spain
- Spain made into the record books when they won ten out of ten games in the South Africa 2010 qualifiers.
- The Spanish have taken part in all the finals of the World Cups and have not missed a single one since 1974.
- This is Spain’s 13th FIFA World Cup appearance.
Who will Win the World Cup 2010 Title?
Of course I don’t know. Haha! Hmmm… According to my lousy prediction, I think Germany will meet the Dutch in the Grand Final, and Germany will win. Spain will get the third place. Or maybe Spain will win the World Cup.
