As of today,there are 16 teams in the Round of 16 out of the initial 32 teams participating.
The 16 Teams are:
- Uruguay
- South Korea
- USA
- Ghana
- Holland
- Slovakia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Germany
- England
- Argentina
- Mexico
- Paraguay
- Japan
- Spain
- Portugal
Just now,Uruguay have beaten South Korea by 2-1 at full 90 minutes of play and they advanced to the Q-Finals stage.
Who will win this Round of 16 and then Q-Finals plus later the S-Finals and Final?
Many of the past World Champions like Italy and France have gone home since they did not qualify for the Round of 16.
What it takes to be a World Champion and more importantly remain as one for a longer time maybe like Brazil or Argentina have proven!
Football is about 11 players plus the reserves and of course the Coach and all his assistants…
Like in Malaysia,we have thousand of footballers playing in all kind of football leagues both at club levels,state levels and national levels.For school children they play in the schools Under 12,U15,U18 and University students maybe the U19 or U 21 age groups.
What constitute the best players in a winning World Cup Team?
Are strategies or game tactics important in football?Is the solo or key player help the team win the matches?Is teamwork essential to win matches?Is physical strength or good body shape have a better advantage than lesser body shape or fitness?
Many important factors help make a World Champion and if we study all these World Cup Champions,all these facts about Mgmt,Players,Coaches&Handlers,Talent buildup,skills enhancement,medical science,diet planning,exercise programme all help the team to win Championships.
However the majority of the Top Teams or highly rated or ranked teams have many football professionals and they are already Millionaires!Can we trust them to play well and win the World Cup for their country since the Champions will be rewarded with a USD 30 Million prize money!
Maybe,giving out USD1 Million to these Top Pros is not exciting at all since they earned many millions per year playing in the football leagues of England,Italy,Spain etc…
Do you think the football bookies can “influence” these T op Pros to get the “right results” they wanted or planned?
There are equally many Millions of USD to be made from these business of sports betting both legal and illegal ways.
So,the 2010 FIFA World Cup Champions will be the Team that can meet all these many “weird” requirements and also the basic ones as explained above!Finally maybe when all these requirements or conditions are met,the final countdown will be the players themselves that honestly,passionately,truly want to play the game and win for the honour of their country,people and for their whole family!
At least they can take pride of doing the best for their country for a solid 4 years duration where ample recoqnition and rewards will be blessed to them by their govt,businesses and people.After keeping the CUP for 4 years then its back to the Finals to decide the new winner or the defending champion winning again (which in this 21st Century looks difficult to maintain that consistency and winning streak)
Ramli admire Brazil for a long time BUT this 2010 the teams from Argentina,Portugal and maybe Spain,Japan and Ghana have shown some consistency of winning,innovative play plus good football pros that really want to win the CUP for their country.Maybe that’s what matters most if you really want to be the World Champion!
Lets see and hope your team wins!