THE CUP OF UPSETS

When the world cup 2010 started on june 11 it was termed by the Africans as THE CUP OF JOY.As we progressed to the business end of this edition many of the previous predictions were proved wrong and hearts were broken. I personally feel sorry for DUNGA and MARADONA whose teams were at the top till quarter finals but faltered at the big stage, both Messi and KAKA failed to live upto their reputation.ENGLAND as always, came as the favourites and lost the way in the knockout stages . FRANCE and ITALY were the ageing teams but were not expected the first round exit.HOLLAND were the surprise package as no one expected them to play in soccer city stadium on july 11. GERmany AFTER LOSING TO SERBIA came back very strongly knocking out ENGLAND and ARGENTINA but lost at the big match to SPAIN. SPAIN proved that their europeon title wasn't a fluke but they were also a part of upset against the SWISS . ASIAN teams reached the round of 16 but couldn't get through to quarters. URUGUAY was the lone latin amerians in the semis but were demolished by the DUTCH.ON july 11 when SPAIN will play HOLLAND in the penultimate final many predictions will be proved wrong and the hearts will be broken as the 201 edition would be remembered as THE CUP OF UPSETS