Gonna try to keep this short and simple.
Surely we would have loved to see teams like England, Brazil and Argentina go further but in the end, I think the last four of the competition reflects the best four teams in the tournament.
The final brought Spain and Netherlands together. While the Dutch have been scoring alot and overcoming a very difficult Brazil side, they failed to beat Spain. Spain, four 1-0 wins in a row, made them World champions for the very first time. They haven't been scoring alot but have managed to keep to their belief in their style of play that is good enough to get them to where they were and what they wanted.
It was pretty much everything I expected it to be - Spain, Netherlands and Germany reaching pretty far.
One disappointing part of the tournament is probably many big names failing to live up to their expectations. The likes of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Lampard, Kaka, Robin van Persie, and Franck Ribery couldn't take the tournament by storm. Lionel Messi, wasn't exactly at his best but did better than the others, IMO and to be fair on Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres, they returned quickly to action from pretty bad injuries. However, this disappointment is probably overshadowed by the rise of various youngsters such as Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, and Thomas Muller.
The usual players like Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, David Villa, Xabi Alonso, Andres Iniesta, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Asamoah Gyan were impressive, IMO.
Some great goals were scored as well. Gio van Bronckhorst against Uruguay, Mesut Ozil against Ghana, David Villa against Honduras and Chile, Wesley Sneijder against Japan, and probably Forlan's goals against South Africa, Germany, Ghana and Netherlands.
There were upsets, there were things we expected to see and there were great games in this summer's tournament. Though there were many weird refereeing decisions, I would say it was a pretty good world cup. It wasn't ideal, nor was it really disappointing.
What do you guys think?
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