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This year’s world Cup was 19th football world cup. Thirty two teams were selected as participants of this football tournament. South Africa was proud host of this tournament. It was first African nation to host this event. This event greatly attracted flights to South Africa from all parts of the world. It took place for the duration of one month commencing from 11th June and ending on 11th July. There were 10 stadiums all over the country hosting FIFA including; Green Point Stadium Durban, Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg, Free State Stadium Bloemfontein, Mbombela Stadium Nelspruit, Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg, Durban Stadium Durban, and Soccer City Johannesburg. The final was played at Soccer City Stadium Johannesburg, and it greatly attracted cheap South Africa flights.

A total of thirty two teams were selected for this tournament. These teams played round-robin groups of four teams for points, and top two teams qualified for proceeding matches. All matches attracted huge volumes of South Africa flights with South Africa flights Sixteen teams reached to knockout stage of this World Cup. Three rounds were played to decide the participants of final match. People were very exciting for the final match. Large crowds of visitors flocked into the city of Johannesburg to watch live final match of FIFA 2010. The largest South Africa flights takers for final match were from Spain and New Zealand as these two countries teams qualified for final. This final was held on 11th July at Soccer City Stadium. Spain won the final by 1-0, and hence became winner of FIFA 2010 World Cup. The only goal of the match was scored by Spain in extra time. The former champion of FIFA was Italy and its first time in FIFA history that first time that two different European teams had become world champions in succession.

Special arrangements were made to host this tournament ranging from reconditioning of stadium to extending tourists places. This years World cup was the first any European country won outside its home ground. It created loads of travelers taken South Africa flights from UK to attend this mega event. There were all essentials to facilitate them as South African government gave utmost importance to this tournament and made some special arrangements to facilitate visitors to this country. This tournament attracted million of football lovers from all over the globe to this African nation. It was no doubt a must attend event.

What can we learn from the 2010 Fifa world cup in Soccer from the Serbian and German teams?

Yesterday I was so upset watching the Serbian national soccer team play in South Africa at the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Since I have been a full time entrepreneur, finding lessens from experiences has been something of value for me. So what can we learn from the world cup and some of it’s teams?

Well lets start with Serbia, the country I was born in and where I use to play soccer for my village in Central Serbia. In the qualifications for the last world cup, Serbia won all the games and received only 1 goal. That was amazing. I think Serbia was ranked like #8 in the world before the world cup started. Then they arrived for the 2006 world cup in Germany and lost all of the games (every single one!). Out of 32 teams Serbia finished DEAD LAST!

The spoiled Serbian multi-millionaires from the rich and fancy European soccer clubs who are super stars on TV and have their own billion dollar brands and following walked out on the field worse then Opera Primadonna. There was one guy I think his name is Mihajlovic, who wouldn’t run after the ball unless it was thrown to him on a silver platter. If there ever was entitlement mentality, the Serbian national team had it! And they went “bankrupt”. Doesn’t that remind us of real life?

Fast forward 4 years. Again, Serbia won most of the games, finished #1 in it’s European group (ahead of World Champs France). Again the spoiled Serbs lost in the opening against Ghana. Here is another parallel to real life. In the interview after the match, they started blaming others like the referee for example or luck etc… IT WASN’T THEIR FAULT, they said after the match! Loser’s blame others, winners take responsibility! You can fail at the game and be a winner. It’s not failure if you take responsibility and learn from it, implement and improve. All winners in business where losers at a few trials (or even businesses), but learned from it and took responsibility and then and only then, became winners!

Now lets take a look at the German national soccer team. They don’t have as much talent like the Serbs have. But they go out there and even when they are loosing run like mad men after the ball even when the pass sucks, they run after it and often get it. They run not till the 90th minute, they run till after that! THE GERMANS NEVER EVER GIVE UP! And often they win. Yesterday they won by the largest margin then any team so far in the world cup! I remember Serbia leading against Spain 3:0 or something like that and stopped running and loosing the game! You have to focus and work hard ALL THE TIME! The Germans teach us that better then anyone!

And when the Germans loose a game, they get up and win the next one. When the Germans are down, and I have been watching Germany play for 30 years now, they have been down time and time again, but come back and win often, because they get up and get going!

So what is the lesson here? MENTAL MINDSET IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN TALENT! That is good news for those who think they are not skilled or talented enough as an entrepreneur. Most people who are talented never make money online, because they behave like the Serbian national team which doesn’t want to focus and work for it. You have to be like the Germans, focused and run after the ball and work at it all the time! Keep the eye on the prize and you will make it!

NOTE TO THE FUTURE SERBIAN COACH: Hire Tony Robbins (or another motivational expert) and send the Serbian players to a seminar to get their mindset re-programmed and maybe Serbia can finally be a world champ once for a change. Your team sucks because their mental mindset is messed up! Get someone to fix it, and make it a condition for playing for the Serbian team! And when you loose – STOP BLAMING OTHERS – IT’S YOUR FAULT! There is no shame in failing, there is only shame at not giving 100% before you fail and learning from it! Grow up and take some responsibility!

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Many European soccer fans penciled Spain into the final when they first saw the FIFA World Cup 2010 bracket. But only serious soccer fans had the Netherlands in the other half of their bracket. Those serious fans knew these two were among the best European teams in the field, and they have both lived up to expectations.

Road to the World Cup 2010 Final

Netherlands is undefeated in World Cup 2010. After a perfect run through group play Netherlands held on to beat Slovakia 2-1 in the round of 16, and rallied in the second half to beat Brazil 2-1 in a huge upset in the quarterfinals. Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 in a wild, high-scoring semifinal game.

World Cup 2010 has been a challenge for Spain.. Since an opening game defeat to Switzerland, coach Vicente Del Bosque’s team has been forced to fight for its life in a series of tight matches. La Furia Roja did control the match in the round of 16 vs Portugal but only managed a 1-0 win. The quarterfinal match against Paraguay was another typical nail-biter, with both sides missing penalty shots in the second half, and the Spanish side only pulling out the win with David Villa’s goal in the 82nd minute. Spain defeated Germany in another tight match in the semifinals, this time 1-0 on Carlos Puyol’s goal in the 73rd minute.

World Cup History Between Netherlands and Spain

Netherlands has been to the World Cup Final twice before but suffered painful losses on both occasions. Spain has never won a World Cup but they have made 12 appearances including three quarterfinals and one semifinal. The teams have played each other three times in World Cup play, with Netherlands holding a 2-1 edge.

Injuries and Penalties/Suspensions

Spain is suffering from a number of minor injuries but with the possible exception of the shoulder of midfielder Cesc Fabregas, all of the injuries are relatively minor and do not look to keep anyone out of the championship game.. Defender Gerard Piqué and midfielder Sergio Busquets received yellow cards in the Paraguay game and must play with caution to avoid another card and suspension.

Strategy

Look for the Netherlands to come out a little on the aggressive side. Not to the extent of taking big risks, but they cannot afford to let Spain dominate the center of the field like they did against Germany. Also look for quick substitutions from Dutch Coach Bert van Marwijk, especially if they fall behind.

Spain is likely to play to try and control the middle of the pitch with their intricate passing game, so expect a more passive counterattacking game from them, at least in the first half, and look for la Furia Roja to try and get the ball to David Villa as much as possible for their offense.

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