First the little Finale of Germany for you!

Both teams Germany and Uruguay did fight very hard, but Germany showed again what terrific team they are and how great our young players can play soccer!!! They won 3:2!!! Marcel Jansen, Thomas Müller and Semi Khedira are the goal scorers!!!
What a great team - multicultural, strong and ambitious!!! They presented Germany the world with amazing games!!!

Germany is 3rd of this world cup 2010!!!

Enjoy the last RAPORTAGE, for the non-german readers – I did attached a translation for you!!

Blumentopf:

So that’s it with the finale - close, but no cigar. It wasn’t meant to be! The shock runs deep! The dream burst No title No.4!
It’s winter in South Africa and Germany is freezing! The young eleven would have deserved to move to the finale!
Man, but they were snookered against the Spanish team! And would have, would, could, wanted, is no use!
We had too much respect and less possession of the ball! The competitor was way too superior and exactly this was the problem! And instead of sweet title dreams there are salty tears! This does hurt so much!

Yeah, we can understand, but Mr. Captain don’t let the flag fly at half-mast! Because 2010 you have rocked and the whole world has seen it! Man, what kind of scenes were these! Ey man, the counterattacks so accurate and the midfield so creative and the defence so solid!
What kind of team is this! What kind of big games were these ones! What kind of goose flesh moments and what kind of deserved victories! And it´s not the end! Now it is time to wake up, clean the shoes and go on!
Yet it´s not the time to pack your soccer shoes! Two goals Klose – that would be big and great sport! Come on get the crown and crack the record! (Unfortunately, Miroslav Klose was/ is injured with his back, so he couldn’t play)!
Guys, we are proud of you! Work flat out again! Enchant us again and show us real dream soccer!

One, two, three – We say Thank you for this tournament!
Three, two, one – it was really a great time
One, two, three – You electrified the world!
Three, two, one – that’s why you come back home as winners!
So come on show Uruguay who the boss is on the field!
We have the soccer fever and are excited for the national league! (End)

Award for the German team

For this outstanding tournament our national trainer will receive the Federal Cross of Merit for his great work, effort and ambition to get this young so far! His first time as national trainer at a world cup tournament! As well our president of Germany Christian Wulff will award our team with the silver bay leaf, because they played not just together they played for each other and showed us a great dynamic and tense world cup and last game!

What a tense finale! Spain vs. Netherlands!

Too many awful fouls, no goals during the main time and overtime!!! I think the whole team of the Netherlands had yellow cards and one of them has yellow+yellow= red! But Spain wasn’t better, well the didn’t receive that many cards!
And then goal – assist of Fernando Torres and Andrés Iniesta made it!!! And what kind of goal!!!
Straight and with so much power into the goal!!!
However the game wasn’t great of both teams, not a nice and good Finale to watch!
In the end the best team won - Spain is the world cup winner – 1:0!!!

Oh before I forget – our player Thomas Müller is the top scorer!!! He shot 5 goals and made 3 assists during the tournament in South Africa! After this finale game it is decided, because Villa and Sneijder didn´t score! Therefore Müller, 20 years old and youngest player of the German team, is going to receive the cup for top scorer of this world cup tournament!!! Congratulations, Thomas Müller!!!

Short Resume

The world cup 2010 is finished! 50 days – 5 weeks – full of soccer! Definitely a different tournament to the previous ones! Vuvuzelas instead of fan songs, strange decisions of the referees and so many yellow cards also less well played games!

What do you think? What kind of tournament did you see?

We will see us in 2014 when the world is going to meet again in Brazil!

Cheers, Kiwi girl and Livia