Posts Tagged ‘ Uruguay ’

Though it may seem an occasion long since gone, yesterday brought forth a significant obit: the only player still remaining from the first World Cup final in 1930. Argentine Francisco Varallo passed away at the ripe young age of 100. That first World Cup final was more than 80 years ago, and 75 or...
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I officially heart this. Because the only personal honour better then receiving the World Cup Golden Ball for best player – as Uruguay’s Diego Forlan did – is having a cartoon/song combo made to immortalize your achievement. According to The Spoiler, the celebratory song is by The Golden Vuvuzelas and features the line “his...
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There are those that feel Lionel Messi was a disappointment in South Africa. There are those who feel he was good, but not great. And there are those who feel he was simply the best player at the tournament. Toss Vicente Del Bosque into that latter category, because if he was in charge he’d be...
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There are plenty of World Cup best XIs floating around. Mr. David Beckham did one just before the final, and we did two ourselves, split between semi-finalists and non-semi-finalists. There’s only one XI that goes in the history books though, and that’s the FIFA one. The FIFA World Cup All-Star Team was decided by the...
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FIFA has released its first post-World Cup 2010 rankings, and – as you’d expect – there’s been plenty of movement. Nnew top dogs are World Cup 2010 winners Spain, obviously, with losing finalists the Netherlands in second. Former #1 Brazil is now third. The big big movers are Uruguay, whose run to the World Cup...
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No quibbles with this choice. Diego Forlan was the best player this World Cup- that free kick against Ghana will be hard to forget. " I'm enjoying it and I'm delighted, but I'm very aware that it's the result...
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Our writers pick their team of the tournament in the 4-2-3-1 formation employed by most of the better teams on show in South AfricaGoalkeeperSamir Handanovic (Slovenia)Given the country's population of two million, Slovenia might have been expected to ...
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Perhaps the only story more romantic than Ghana’s deep run into this summer’s World Cup was the sensational form of a sleeping football giant: Uruguay. Backed by the excellent form of strikers Luis Suarez and a reignited Diego Forlan, Uruguay finished in fourth place, putting the South Americans back on the map. Not only are...
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The correct decision is made. Quality CaughtOffside T-Shirts AvailableUruguay striker Diego Forlan was named the winner of the Golden Ball as the best player of the World Cup. The Atletico Madrid forward, 31, scored five goals and was a major influence as his team unexpectedly reached the semi-finals in South Africa. Forlan finished top...
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Explanations after the jump.Goal Keeper: Manuel Neuer: Winner of the Tallest Dwarf award. Very few keepers merely had good tournaments let alone great ones. Neuer is my choice because he didn’t make any mistakes and for a young keeper was composed on the biggest of stages. Somewhat suspect to long-range shots, he overcame this...
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• Uruguay forward gets 23.4% of Fifa vote• Thomas Müller wins Golden Boot under new rulesUruguay's Diego Forlán won the best player of the World Cup award after lighting up the tournament with some wonderful goals that helped his team become Sout...
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For those not interested, or were not paying too much attention, there was a match yesterday to decide third and fourth spot. Kind of fitting that the 2010 World Cup ended for Germany with another one of their young...
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Heading into the final, when most votes were likely already tabulated, it was going to take a massive swing from either David Villa, Xavi, Wesley Sneijder or Arjen Robben – the nominated finalists – to steal the Golden Ball away from the tournament’s best player, Diego Forlan. Didn’t happen. Diego Forlan won the adidas Golden Ball...
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On your penultimate World Cup Daily, James Richardson's joined by Scott Murray, Tom Lutz and Jacob Steinberg to chew over the surprisingly dramatic third-place play-off between Germany and Uruguay. From there, we move on to the main event with our pre...
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When you have missed out on the real thing, the golden boot may not be a bad substitute and Diego Forlán and Thomas Müller made it a four-way tie for most goals in the tournament in an entertaining battle for third-place between Uruguay and Germany....
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Though Germany were missing Philip Lahm and Lukas Podolksi with flu, and Miroslav Klose’s back injury prevented him making an attempt on Ronaldo’s World Cup goalscoring record, this third place playoff still provided the promised entertainment. Luis Suarez was back in action for Uruguay, and spent most of the game getting booed by the Port...
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A thrilling open ended match between two teams who pulled out all the stops. Arguably, the best match in this World Cup. But there should be no doubts about the best player. Diego Forlan has been simply superb in this...
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Germany edged past Uruguay in a highly entertaining third place play-off.Think Spain will lift the World Cup? Bet with Betfair and get £25 free!Quality CaughtOffside T-Shirts AvailableUruguay 0-1 Germany (Muller)Uruguay 1-1 Germany (Cavani)Uruguay 2-1...
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It's the most pointless match in all football. An anti-climax like no other. A non-event played out by desperately disappointed, and possibly thunderingly depressed, men who know all too well their only chance of immortailty has gone, some kidding on t...
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Welcome to our liveblog of the alternate reality World Cup final, also known as the third place playoff match between losing semifinalists Germany and Uruguay. Read up on the game with our Germany vs Uruguay preview, visit the Germany blog for an excellent quote from potential all time World Cup goalscorer Klose and the...
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