Official 2010 World Cup Thread

[reinko]

The Globe, has a great photo series, called the big picture, here is there take on the WC 2010.  Very cool stuff

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/2010_world_cup_comes_to_a_clos.html

My favorite:

[Golden Avalanche]

Webb created an environment?  How, pray tell?

Quite simply, when Webb allowed the first 15 minutes to roam free and then went on a yellow card orgy over the next 15 minutes it gave the competitors two minds to play. With that orgy, it sent the signal that the game was heating up and Webb wouldn't shy from booking people. Of course, given the angles of play and the speed of the game, this opens the possibility for exaggerated reactions and creative gamesmanship.

Both sides were guilty of embellishment but the Spanish did so better as evidenced by Iniesta diving to get van Der Wiel booked and then going down with an unreachable ball to get Heitinga's second booking and the sending off.