Your new world champions: Spain
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Tonight's final against the Netherlands was certainly not a classic. The Dutch had their gameplan, a rudimentary reducing strategy that belied the quality of their better players. Spain did what Spain have done throughout the last month, namely play patiently in the knowledge that their moment would come.
Between them, referee Howard Webb had quite a poor game. I don't think he was quite worth the booing he got when he went to collect his medal, and it was certainly a difficult game to keep tabs on, but for me he made some crucial and worrying errors. The idea that he was trying to keep 22 players on the field is a noble one, but when faced with Nigel de Jong's assault on Xabi Alonso I would argue that a red card was a must.
Webb just never seemed quite in control of the match and when 14 bookings are necessary the referee simply has to be called into question. Yes, it was a difficult game thanks to some cynical and occasionally brutal Dutch tactics. But Webb failed to keep a lid on it.
Spain had the most chances in a goalless and rather limp 90 minutes, but the chance of the game fell to Arjen Robben. Racing clear on goal after springing the Spanish offside trap, the Bayern Munich man just held back his shot a little too long and allowed Iker Casillas the opportunity to save, which he did superbly to crown a very good performance.
Extra time continued in much the same vein, with the inevitable red card happening upon Johnny Heitinga who grabbed at Andres Iniesta who was probably preparing to shoot and picked up his second booking.
With four minutes to go, Iniesta found himself in an even better position and with no such spoiler. A fine finish, a moving celebratory tribute to Dani Jarque and a comfortable finale later and Spain were World Cup winners for the first time.
Congratulations to Vicente del Bosque, captain Casillas and the Spanish squad, who add the top prize in football to their 2008 European Championships victory.
In other news, Germany beat Uruguay 3-2 last night to clinch third place, and Thomas Mueller's five goals and three assists snared him the Golden Shoe. Uruguay's Diego Forlan won the Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament and it's tough to make a case for many ahead of him. Well done.
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