(Sorry If It's Laggy, And If You Don't Understand Me, I'm From Argentina)
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On July 11th, 2010, the South Africa 2010 World Cup came to an end, 10 years ago at time of writing. While not the most amazing quality of football was played at that tournament, more and more I look back to that tournament with fondness; even the annoying vuvuzelas now hold a special place in my heart. Of course, much of that has to do with the fact that my home country reached the finals for the first time in my lifetime. I imagine countries like England or France look at it much differently than I do.
Ten years ago can feel like a long time, especially in the world of football, where careers can reach their endpoint in that timeframe. So now feels as good a time as any to reflect on the two teams that reached the final: The Netherlands and of course the eventual winners Spain. What has become since of the players and managers after that 1-0 game in Johannesburg? Are there players still active in their respective squads today?
NETHERLANDS
Maarten Stekelenburg
- Club then: Ajax
- Now: Everton/Ajax
- Total Caps: 58 (2004-2016)
Oranjeβs main goalkeeper following the end of Van der Sarβs reign. Stekelburg had plenty of doubters, with him not having a great season where he even lost his position to Kenneth Vermeer at points, but despite all that, he managed to prove himself, particularly with a spectacular save in the quarter final against Brazil. Remained Hollandβs main goalkeeper until EURO 2012, where his lack of gametime at other clubs and the rise of Jasper Cillessen made him lose his spot. After 4 years of sitting on Evertonβs bench, he will return to Ajax as their new second goalkeeper.
Gregory van de Wiel
- Club then: Ajax
- Now: Retired
- Total Caps: 46 (2009-2015)
The youngest member of the squad, van der Wiel was already a consistent starter at Ajax when he was chosen to be the main right back of Oranje in favor of Khalid Boulharouz, playing 5 out of 7 games. Van der Wiel was expected to be the main right back for some time to come, but that didnβt come to fruition, with his spot being taken by the likes of Daryl Janmaat at the 2014 World Cup due to injury. His career came at somewhat of an unceremonious end when he left Toronto FC on March 2019 following an altercation with the manager, eventually choosing to retire to live in LA and focus on his business and entrepreneurial work at the age of 31.
John Heitinga
- Club then: Everton
- Now: Ajax
About to kick-off on FS1.
I think we all know what is to come, but I know someone on the thread suggested a match thread so not sure if OK to create one but here's one.
GO GO USA!
Hi, I might have a more weirder request and hope this is the right place to turn to..
Does anyone still have the roster updates for the 2010 World Cup game on their PS3 and might upload them? You can't download it anymore as the servers have been shut down a while ago which means the likes of Neuer and MΓΌller are missing.
Would anyone be so kind and share them? It woulde be much appreciated :)
Hello guys.First of all thanks for all your efforts for running this sub and getting us all videos about football as soon as possible.
I heard some people have this videos specially the highlights.Please share this matches if you have it please.Thank you.
Brazil 1-1 Netherlands
Brazil scorers: Robinho 9'
Netherlands scorers: Snejider 52'
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
STARTING XI
Brazil: (4-4-2) Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos; Felipe Melo, Dani Alves, Gilberto Silva, Kaka; Robinho, Luis Fabiano
Manager: Dunga (Brazil)
Netherlands: (4-2-3-1) Stekelenburg; van der Wiel, Heitinga, Ooijer, van Bronckhorst; van Bommel, de Jong; Robben, Snejider, Kuyt; van Persie
Manager: Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands)
Match Updates:
9' GOAL Robinho has his goal! Felipe Melo plays a fantastic ball through the heart of the Dutch defence, Robinho glides onto the ball and slots home delightfully. Sloppy defending from Netherlands.
52' GOALΒ A freak goal for Netherlands!Sneijder crosses in from deep. Cesar comes and gets nowhere near it, the ball glances the head of Felipe Melo and lands in the bottom corner. The Dutch are level!
LINK TO WATCH THE MATCH: https://cytu.be/r/soccerwatch
I'll be speechless if someone actually has the entire game.
Where did this all go wrong for the French team & why did they played so bad in South Africa?
