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The football spectacle finally concluded with Iniesta's winning goal on which he had to say this:'When I struck it,it just had to go in'..by 'it',he meant the ball only btw..

Anyway..the point here is the 2010 Football WC will be remembered not only for the matches but for many things more..the vuvuzelas,Paul the octopus,the Jabulani,the verbal sparring b/w Maradona and Pele n more..but before all that WAKA WAKA...Yes!..This Time for Africa..the Africa renaissance agenda finally seeing some light of the day..''The moment when Africa stood tall and resolutely turned the tide on centuries of poverty and conflict"(said the South African President)..and yes SA did stand tall..suppressing any waves of xenophobic violence..

Moving on..how can we forget 'the buzz' emanating from our television sets as we set out to watch the matches...the vuvuzelas indeed..With the greats of Messi and the like complaining about it saying it made them deaf and impossble to communicate on the field..
To them I ve to say this..Visit a packed cricket stadium in India and you'll never complain again:)

And then the Jabulani got embroiled in a serious controversy..the goalkeepers panicking and complaining about its erratic behaviour,the manufacurers on the other side claim it was technologically more advanced than any of the previous balls...
But then if the goalkeepers were to design the ball,they would give us an iron ball that sits at the centre of the field..
The perennial rivalry between Maradona and Pele reached new heights..With Maradona stating that Pele belonged to the museum..Pele should ask Maradona as to who should go to the museum now..

We also witnessed some horrific refereeing howlers..making the referee the most hated man in the 24-hour news cycle of the 'justice denied' nations..

To end the note what better than talk of an oracle..Paul the Octopus...After predicting Germany's loss in the semis,the 2-year old poor lil thing had to bear the brunt of angst of millions of German fans..to the extent that a German daily said:'Paul should be fried, barbequed or turned into a seafood salad or paella.'Guess its time for Paul to set its tentacles into motion and swim its way to Spain..

Well..The sound of the vuvuzelas may have been silenced for now but it will not be far when the Brazilian cornetas will start trumpeting for the next world cup..