Warriors' destiny fulfilled

24 years, same ground, same stubborn and unpredictable opponents....

Never once did the All Blacks fall behind in any match during the tournament.
Never was there any doubt who is no.1 in the world, and in this World Cup.

But...
Never was there a game France deserved to win more... never was there a game the All Blacks looked less composed with the ball.
Funny old world, innit?

1 point in it in the end... a destiny finally fulfilled.

Kapa o Pango kia whakawhenua au i ahau!	All Blacks, let me become one with the land
Hī aue, hī!
Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei!	This is our land that rumbles
Au, au, aue hā!	It’s my time! It’s my moment!
Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei!	This defines us as the All Blacks
Au, au, aue hā!	It’s my time! It’s my moment!
I āhahā!
Ka tū te ihiihi	Our dominance
Ka tū te wanawana	Our supremacy will triumph
Ki runga ki te rangi e tū iho nei, tū iho nei, hī!	And be placed on high
Ponga rā!	Silver fern!
Kapa o Pango, aue hī!	All Blacks!
Ponga rā!	Silver fern!
Kapa o Pango, aue hī, hā!	All Blacks!

World Cup 2010 - thoughts

The most memorable moment from South Africa 2010 for me?
Not Luis Fabiano's magical goal (even though that is my goal of the tournament)
Not Iniesta's cup winning goal.
Not Casillas' cup winning save from Arjen Robben.
 
It's this.

• Imagine .. Asian Odds for the game -  Germany give 0.5 ball to Uruguay
• Score at Germany 3-2 Uruguay.
• We have all put money on Germany... but many of our hearts were with Uruguay... mine was even on Forlan as my personal favouriate player for the tournament (fucken happe to hear that he has won the Golden Ball)
• Last second of the game...
• A free kick to Uruguay just outside the box (all the bookies, gamblers, team supporters, neutral football lovers had balls in their throat)

THIS HAPPENS!


IF only the actual final had this 3rd/4th place game's quality and drama (sigh!)... instead we saw the Dutch displaying "kicking Spaniards" and referee gaining personal records and the spotlight.

The 2010 World Cup is over (finally). It was largely a snore... with much disappointment and serious lack of magic. Nevertheless, it captured our attention for a month. For what? you may ask... well.... for what's it's worth, the loud noises coming out of the vents at JW Marriot / Starhill basement carpark was a conversation point earlier today. They sounded not unlike the damn Vuvuzelas!!
Time to get back to this thing called life.

oh ya... a cool trivia.
Team of the tournament? No not Spain or Germany.
NEW ZEALAND!!
Why?
The only undefeated team of the tournament!!!
Love it!!

Now... that's a good omenfor the REALWorld Cup in 2011
IRB Rugby World Cup in New Zealand!!
YEAH!!

World Cup 2010 - Alternative Stats (updated - final)

An EPL WC Stats of goals from current and ex players of the "top 4" of the premier league.

Todate:

• Man United 12 (park, heinze, forlan5, hernandez2, ronaldo, tevez2)
• Chelsea 7.5 (drogba, tiago2, malouda, kalou, lampard**, robben2)
• Liverpool 4 (gerard, agger*, kuyt, jovanovic)
• Arsenal 3 (bendtner, van persie, van Bronckhorst )

on twitter #eplWC

legend:
*own goal
** disallowed but fucken obvious goal
(current player, ex-player, future player)

World Cup 2010 - alternative stats

An EPL WC Stats of goals from current and ex players of the "top 4" of the premier league.

Todate:
Man United 4 (park, heinze, forlan2)
Liverpool 3 (gerard, agger, kuyt)
Chelsea 0
Arsenal 0


on twitter #eplWC

Wrold Cup 2010 - "My" teams

Team that should go far (let's see how expectations meet results) - Spain

My pick to win the cup - Argentina

Team that my heart cheers for - Cote d'Ivoire
They are called "The Elephants", and they fight for their country's unity.
yeah!