World Cup 2010 Review

So the world cup has come and gone and now its my time to look back on what was a spectacular world cup. From security, to atmosphere, to transport, to the vibe and football it was a very well organised event that as a South African one can only be proud of. Speaking from experience, having gone to four world cup games, it was an absolutely awesome experience. Yes the football itself could have been better but what we did see was that the smaller nations held their own against the so called bigger names. Apart from one or two results, few matches turned out the way many expected. Certain teams enhanced their reputation such as Germany, Ghana, Uruguay while other teams went from so called world cup contenders to being sent home early. Those sides included Italy, England and of course France. The vuvuzela's, the ball and the lack of full stadiums for certain matches were big talking points but ultimately when you see people like Alan Hansen say this world cup in terms of atmosphere was the best ever, and you see goals such as Giovanni Van Bronkhorst and Carlos Tevez from long range then surely those former mentioned things are not as big of a concern as made out to be. As for the ticketing, FIFA got it wrong. They deliberately kept tickets back in the hope of selling the more expensive tickets first and that ended seeing people who waited in queues not to get tickets even though they wanted to, so hence it was not empty due to lack of demand but rather because FIFA tried to sell tickets when they wanted to and eventually people either could not afford the tickets or they went to watch it at the fan parks. Trust me, I have never seen as many females and youngsters into the World Cup as I did this year. The whole country embraced the world cup and for that it will always be one of, if not the greatest FIFA world cups ever!