Germany should win this to take 3rd place as a consolation win to all its supporters. The first match will be played between Germany and Uruguay. Now we are left with only 2 matches in this FIFA mania. So finally Spain entered FIFA finals for the first time. Paulo’s prediction came as an eye-opener. It was very disappointing to see Germans playing the way they did after their superb performance against Argentina. Spain dominated the whole match giving no glimpse of hope to Germany and won 1-0 with Puyol’s header. This was the most hyped match and ended on one side’s brilliance and the awful display from other side. So, Dutch entered the FIFA finals for third time and let’s see how it fares in the Final.
Uruguay fought till the last minute and the last minute goal reduced the lead to 3-2, which was not enough for Uruguans. Schneider and Robben gave early breaks taking the lead to 3-1. The second half was more of Dutch’s supremacy. The first half was tied at 1-1 with the captains Van Bronckhorst and Diego Forlan scoring the first goal for their teams. It was a commendable team performance from Dutch.
Dutch played splendid football and entered finals of FIFA2k10, who could have expected that Dutch reaches the finals. It’s disappointing result for me but I want to complete the blogging on FIFA, so coming up with a small write-up.ĭutch vs Uruguay: The “Hand OF God” Suarez missed this match and it costed Uruguay to enter the finals. Its predictions are ending the team’s kismet. It’s again Paulo’s monarchy rule in FIFA. Will come up with some new topics and updates in the near future …… So ending my FIFA marathon here and will expect that these blogs would be used for a quick reference in future(at least for me).
So this is a small update to my blog after the finals as my FIFA ended after Germany’s loss to Spain in semis. The FIFA fever has ended now, the blogs and journals will also come to an end in a week or so. Robben missed 2 golden chances and erased the hopes of Dutch. The teams attacked throughout the game but the only breakthrough happened in 116th minute when Iniesta scored for Spain. The most important match of the best sport in the world ended after 120 minute battle between Holland and Spain. Germany won the third place consecutively for the second time beating Uruguay 3-2 in a close game. The Paulo’s predictions hit cent percent with the results in finals and third place-off match. The FIFA carnival came to closure with Spain emerging as undisputed kings of world’s football. First M is conquered let us wish India and the Master to triumph in the next two M’s. India needs to conquer three M’s- Motera Mohali and Mumbai. Now the focus is shifting to Mohali, where India will take on Pakistan. Gritty Indians did everything to stop Aussies. Sachin’s endurance is going to semi-final now. However Ponting left with high head by scoring the lone century in the match. It was a sluggish end to Ponting and Australia in the world-cup after being champions for the last three times. The emotions after the match did the speaking. Yuvraj’s boundary in 48th over made India to cross the victory line. Yuvraj boundaries to Tait and Lee, Raina’s six to Lee eased the pressure and tension in Indian camp. Yuvraj and Raina played innings of their life to keep India afloat for the victory. Then there was a slump in Indian's chase to reach 187/5 with 74 required from 76 balls. Sachin and Gambhir steadied the ship with half-centuries but Sachin’s wicket in 19th over was a big blow to India. Indians started their batting steadily but Sehwag’s wicket at 44 runs gave much needed break to Aussies. Zak, Yuvi, Bhajji and Ashwin bowled as per the plan to keep the Aussies in check. Undoubtedly it was one of his best centuries under pressure.įor India bowling and fielding clicked finally as a unit to content Aussies to 260. Keeping back the poor form with bat, Ponting turned the tables, audience (who booed him) and the critics with a scintillating century. Ponting won the toss and without any concern opted for batting.Īustralians had a dim start and Ponting’s sublime effort gave relief to Australia. The gripping moment is to watch - “Who will win the legacy battle and ends up on the winning side?”įinally the heat was on… temperatures are up and rising … can India pull this time … at least for the Master Blaster … lot of questions pondering from all the corners … the only sure thing is match would be intriguing, spell bounding and will test our syndromes. Undoubtedly they are the best batsmen of the modern-era. The Quarter-Final clash between India and Australia is zeroed down to pride-war between Sachin and Ponting. The odds were against India considering their previous record at Motera. The frenzy atmosphere was set on 24th March, 2011 at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.