SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP

2010
FA Germany
vori Being one of the favorites, with a
rejuvenated team ready to be the

te
favorite of this entire cup, with
players like Neuer, Kroos, Muller,
etc.

Uru He arrived at the World Cup

Supr
ising
after having obtained fifth

guay
place in the South American
qualifiers and later defeating
Costa Rica in the Concacaf-

team
Conmebol playoff, with a global
score of 2:1.

GROUP
STAGE

The final Most

The 2010 World Cup final was played on
July 11 at the Soccer City Stadium in the
memo
rable
city of Johannesburg, South Africa. This
meeting was starred by the teams of the
Netherlands and Spain won thanks to a

match
goal by Andrés Iniesta achieved at the
end of extra time after 116 minutes of
play, thus achieving their first world title.

Best soccer
It was built in 1987, having
78,000 spectators. It was
partially demolished for

sta city
the 2010 World Cup, and
its capacity expanded to
94,700 seated

dium
spectators, making it the

stadium
largest stadium in Africa
and the fourth largest in
the world.

MasZakumi
cot
Zakumi was the official mascot.
It is an anthropomorphic
African leopard with green hair,
designed by Andries Odendaal,
a South African designer from
Cape Town. It was presented on
September 22, 2008.
 SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP
2010

Theme Waka-WAKA
SONG
is a song performed by the
Colombian singer Shakira, with the
collaboration of the South African
group Freshlyground. It was
chosen by FIFA as the official song

Italy
A draw against Paraguay,
another against New Zealand
and a defeat against Slovakia DIsapo
inting
left the Italian Team, defending
champion, out of the 2010
World Cup, which had a

team
disappointing performance, in
which it was dismissed with
only two points and as the
bottom of his group.

Revelati Born: September 13, 1989 (age

33), Weilheim in Oberbayern,
Germany

on Current teams: Germany

National Soccer Team (#25 /
Forward), Bayern Munich (#25

player
/ Forward)
Height: 1.85m
Salary: €14.95 million (2020)

By far the revelation of the

South African tournament,
Mueller scored five goals to
also receive the Golden Boot
for top gunner. The World Cup
Thomas muller
was the culmination of a
dream season for a versatile
20-year-old attacker

TGheorghe Hagi, David Platt and Thierry Most

Henry are just a few of the names who
rose to global fame and lucrative
Impor
tant
transfers after impressive World Cup
performances, apart from Andres
Iniesta for his goal in the final.

people
FUN
In the 2010 World Cup in South
Africa, 145 goals were scored in 64
games with an average of 2.27.

FACTS
Germany was the highest scoring
team in the tournament with 16
goals, followed by the Netherlands
who scored twelve times
throughout the championship.