FIFA World Cup: Will Japan be the best Asian team?

Japan is a country that has been host for big sport events in the earlier year. The Olympic games is the biggest thing Japan has hosted, and now they have their national team in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Many people are wondering on how the Asian team will be doing, but many are also thinking of that China is not a country. North Korea, South Korea and Japan (and also Australia/New Zealand) are the countries that will participate from the great east.


Japan was introduced to football people as a soccer nation in the 2002 World Cup, but also participated in the previous World Cup in 1998. 2010 World Cup is actually their fourth world championship in a row. It is also their fourth in total, since they did not participate until 1998. Previous World Cup in Germany ended badly for the Japanese with two losses and one draw and straight into the group stage. Also, when was the dog in a pretty tough group. Their strongest performance came at home in 2002 when they managed to struggle through from the group stages before they crashed out in the last sixteen.

17 games have played Japan in 2009 and it ended with 11-3-3. The most interesting results are perhaps 5.1 at home over Finland, 4-0 at home over Chile, 4-0 over Belgium, loss 2.1 for Australia away defeat 3-0 against the Netherlands away, 4-3 win over Ghana, 2 -0-win over Scotland and 0-0 against host nation South Africa. A little mixed results in other words, but you should never write off anyone.

Japan does not have many big stars, but you might remember the Japanese star Shini Ono that were playing in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, Rotterdam. Unfortunately he is no longer a football player and will not play for Japan in the FIFA World Cup 2010. Most of their players are housed in the domestic league, which can be said to be somewhat mediocre. Most of their stars are concentrated in the midfield and devices such as Shunsuke Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto, Daisuke Matsui, Makoto Hasebe and Keisuke Honda. In addition to these players should be as Seigo Narazaki, Yuji Nakazawa, Yasuhito Endo, Keiji Tamada, and star shot Shinji Okazaki, who has 15 goals in 20 appearances for Japan, as they turn to the more experienced team of Japan will have hope in a tough group.

I think that Japan don't have any big chances to do a great FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but I didn't really think that Greece would win the European Championship in 2004 either, so both of these teams could surprise in the FIFA World Cup 2010!

FIFA World Cup: This is David Beckham

You might have heard about David Beckham, one of the world's best football players at all times? The Englishman was born in England in 1975 and have played for clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy. He has been captain for the English national team in several years, and faces now the biggest event in his life; the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010.

England haven't been better in the qualification since they won the World Cup in 1966, so there are many optimistic people in David Beckham's home country. England haven't won a championship title in football for a very long time, and that says something about how hungry Fabio Capello and his men are in the World Cup in 2010.

The key players England will face in the FIFA World Cup 2010 will be players like;
- John Terry (Chelsea)
- David Beckham (AC Milan)
- Wayne Rooney (Man Utd)
- Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Who to be captain is not clear, but Capello has said that David Becham is absolutely one of the best candidates. Beckham has played some great matches for England, and is the player with most of the matches. He has already beaten the legend George Best!

This is how you get FIFA World Cup 2010 tickets

Have you ever been waiting for going to a Soccer World Cup? Be on the stadium and watch your national team take the precious FIFA World Cup championship? Now the dream can be true. This is how you can be able to get FIFA WOrld Cup 2010 tickets.

First you have to know where the FIFA World Cup 2010 is going to be. The country is South Africa, and is located south in Africa. The main cities are Johannesburg, Kozuna and Cape Town. The FIFA World Cup Finale is going to be played in the capital Cape Town. But to get tickets to the final, you need a lot of luck and a lot of cash.

There are two ways to get FIFA World Cup 2010 tickets.

The first way to get these tickets is to sign up on www.fifa.com, which is the official website for the World Cup in South Africa. You need to register also on this site : FIFA.com Club, which also is free. Once you've done these two things, you are absolutely able to order tickets to the matches in the World Cup.

The other way to order Fifa world cup 2010 tickets is to order them trough FNB Visa official Mascot Pre-paid card, which is a South African company. But you have to be careful when you are ordering your tickets trough this one. The FNB Visa Official Mascot Pre-paid card is in a way having a lottery on who that are the lucky people than are able to buy some tickets. Remember; very many people wants the same tickets as you, so you better be early if you want to get some tickets to the first FIFA World Cup on African soil!

FIFA World Cup: The best Premiership team?

Many people are waiting for the great FIFA World Cup next summer. But until then, we have to watch Premier League. Liverpool vs Manchester United is always the big theme when it comes to who's the best football team in England. Here's a assessment wether Liverpool or Manchester United is the best English football team.

On the keeper spot will Liverpool win with the Spanish keeper Reina, but Van der Sar is not far behind. Reina has been a real class keeper for several years and he is probably at his best age. Van der Sar is a bit old, but absolutely a great player too.

In the right and left back spot getting both teams a point when, respectively, Evra and Johnson wins there.

Both United's stoppers are better than Liverpool's who also has good midtbacks. Carragher has had a terrible season so far and this may be a sign that he begins to lose his skills and should let Agger and Skrtel take over the responsibility of the defense. Liverpool should really invest in some good soccer players in the back side.

At midfield, winning both Fletcher and Carrick against Lucas. Marcherano it is a bit difficult to say with. Carrick is probably the one he should be compared with and then I had perhaps been forced to choose Carrick, but it is very smooth so let's say 1 point each there.
One can argue that Marcherano is more important to Liverpool than Carrick is, but for me it says more about the stable to Liverpool than how good each of these players are.

So it's 3 points to Liverpool and 5 for United so far.

Venstrekant Giggs win easily against Riera as for me very oppskrytt if your opinion is that you go after. At the same time I think Yossi should have been selected on venstrekant, but Giggs win against him though with a much smaller margin. Some are happy to disagree with the decision, but Gigg's routine is priceless, and put him over Benayoun in my eyes.

On the right side is the Kuyt against Valencia and where I must choose Kuyt. Last year he was kanksje PL's best right edge and has done well this year too. Valencia could possibly be better, but I do not consider the potential.

Attacking midfielder / striker is hanging the position I have the greatest difficulty in determining just because Rooney is not playing in a clean hanging striker / offensive midfielder role as I see it.
It is for me to compare Anelka and Lampard. If not impossible then at least incredibly difficult.
Both are very good, but one is clearly more important than the other. This is both because of broad in the stable and his skills.
Selects when the words to give Gerrard 1 point.

Although Berbatov is a class striker Torres is clearly better.

When the result is 6-6 if I compare each player. This is smoother than I'd expected, but the reason I believe that United's starting eleven is better than Liverpool's is because the United has several players who contribute to goals.
Liverpool has mainly 3 goalscorers plus a few goals here and there from the other.
United have far more. Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Fletcher, Giggs, Valencia, Carrick and, at times, Vidic and Ferdinand.

Liverpool is almost bound to have at least Torres or Gerrard on the pitch in order to assert themselves and there is the really big difference between these teams. United can do without Rooney, Fletcher, Vidic, Ferdinand and Berbatov. Maybe not all of these at once against a storlag, but the difference is big when a Liverpool's "main-men" are out there not to talk about when both are gone.

The reason that Aquilani is not included in this "analysis" is because he has not played in the PL yet and have not proven what he can. I have not seen much of him from Serie A does so then I have no reason to judge him.

Then I would say that Manchester United and Liverpool are both good teams, but Manchester United have a better manager and routine. They will definately rank higher than this Liverpool team on the Premier League table. This i sthe conclusion on who's the best premiership team; Manchester United!

What chances do South Africa have in their own FIFA World Cup?

South Africa is the first African nation to host a FIFA World Cup, and many people are wondering how they are going to fix all the problems that includes infrastructure, police, security and things that a World Cup-nation have to fix before this big global event. However, the South African football is under great development. They are getting more and more star players in the bigger leagues in Europe as Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and aslo in France.

They do not have VM on their board, but they have two. Both of these are recent and there is talk of 1998 and 2002. Both times they ended on 3 place in their group, and they were very close to move forward in 2002. This means that there is something hopeless team in question and that at home they can easily become dangerous. They were not bad in the Confederations Cup last summer, and as we already know: The host nation of FIFA World Cup is "always" surprising the great audience of these events.

The team's results in 2009 can probably safely be said to be mixed. 5 wins, 3 draws and a total of 10 loss Says fasiten. At home they have, however, only lost twice if you look away from the Confederations Cup. Wins against Poland, uavjort against Japan and extra time against Spain in Conf. Cup must be said to be the year's highlights.

Key players that may be mentioned include captain Aaron Mokoena. Portsmouth player is approaching 100 appearances and played an important cog in the team's defense. Fulham player Kagiso Dikgacoi may not be seen as a star player, but he has thus one match for Fulham. Wing Teko Modis from Orlando Pirates have a total 9 goals in 40 appearances since 2007. Another big star is Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy has scored 32 goals for the national team. Steven Pienaar must of course be mentioned as perhaps the team's best player.

This South African team has abilities to go far in the FIFA World Cup, but I have to say that I see Portugal, England, Spain and other countries as bigger favorites than South Africa. You will anyway be hearing these anoying sounds from the South African people during this World Cup.

Is it possible that Argentina will win the World Cup 2010?

Argentina has numerous world championship behind them. They are a proud nation in the World Cup context, with 4 finals where 2 ended with a trophy. Argentina won the FIFA World Cup in 1978 and 1986. World Cup in 1986 was dominated by Argentina, with Diego Maradona as the best player and with his famous "Hand of God"! In 2010, he might respectively stand on the sidelines and lead Messi and co to a playoff. In FIFA World Cup in Germany in the last world championship, ended with the quarter-finals for the team from South America, the time they lost to host nation Germany after a Miroslav Klose goal, and the then coach José Pekerman resigned after the World Cup.

The team's results in 2009, is a bit not quite convincing with regard to Argentina's quality. Set formula year 2009 say 8 wins and 5 losses, and none of the fighting has ended in a draw. But it scary for Argentina is that the matches against Brazil, Spain and Bolivia have ended in defeat. It and could defeat the great nations is important in a World Cup finals, but losing 6.1 to Bolivia, there is no looking at him. The qualification to the World Cup, was not a hitch, 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses are fasiten, and the team had to fight until the very end of qualifying, but managed the words with 5 points margin.

When one talks about Argentina's key players, we can not come about without Lionel Messi. The player who has dazzled many, and which many believe is the world's best footballer. Does the light blue began to work, it may soon be magic. As the last stronghold is the Juan Pablo Carrizo has been most in the past, and looks like the first choice for Argentina. In defense, there are many good players and pick on, Burdisso, Zanetti, Samuel, Coloccini, Heinze and Insua to name a few. In midfield, it is raw party, with Cambiasso, Banega, Gago, Di Maria, Datolo, Maxi, Mascherano (C) and Lucho to name a few, and it is not worse at peak position. Tevez, Messi, Aguero, Lavezzi, Higuain, Palermo, Millito and star shot Eduardo Salvio. Argentina can pick and take from the top shelf, and competition for places has the absolute. This is a team that can step right up, and even win the 2010 World Cup.

But I honestly have to say that I really don't hope to see Argentina win the World Cup. Diego Maradona is the whole reason. Sarcastic, coky and very annoying leader which hasn't really behaved the way a good national team leader should behave at all. I wish Argentina good luck in the FIFA World Cup 2010, but I don't really hope they win the championship.

Norway&Sweden NOT to host the European Championship 2016

Today the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang writes about how the Norwegian and Swedish goverment not will give any support to host the European Championship in 2016. And that's great. This is the two best reasons why Norway should not host EC 2016:

- Too long distance between the stadiums

Norway is a long country with great mountains, fjords and things like that. The infrastructure on the other hand is not great at all. Between Norway's two biggest cities, Oslo and Bergen, a train trip takes 7 hours. Oslo-Trondheim takes about the same time. If you are going to travel 300,000 people from Oslo to Trondheim or Stavanger, it will be a mess.

- The national team sucks

In fact, Norway haven't been to a European or World Championship since 2000. There is 9 (!) years since their last participation in the World Cup, which might give the Norwegian people something to think about. The national team has nothing to do in World Cup or European Championship.

The future might look a bit brighter now that Stale Solbakken has taken over as the national coach from 2012, but until then.. no chance for the norway nation team in football.

Group G: "Group of death" - South Africa World Cup

Many people are wondering after the World Cup groups are selected on how group G will be. Portugal, Ivory Coast, Brazil and North Korea are all member of the group many will call "Group of death". Portugal was not the best team when they played the qualification. Brazil won 8 of their 10 matches in the qualification, and Ivory Coast went trough the African qualification very easy.

But is really the group G so terribly difficult? Ivory Coast is really good enough to deal with Portugal and Brazil? And North Korea will probably be the sacrifice?
So how can we call this "group of death"? I would like to be wrong, and I'd like a new case of the Norwegian group in USA World Cup in 1994, but I do not think the Ivory Coast is strong enough , and that Brazil will win the group with seven points, ahead of Portugal's five. I really hope Portugal will find out that Cristiano Ronaldo should play attacker and not wing.

Ivory Coast will come to South Africa World Cup with players like Arthur Boka, Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Bonaventure Kalou, Salomon Kalou, Arouna Kone, Didier Drogba, Emanuel Eboue, Aruna Dindane and Abdul Kader Keita. These are all players with good international experience, and these are all players that has a chance in nearly every Premier League team and do that team stronger. So what's up with this Ivory Coast team in World cup?

Ivory Coast are, of course, a real outsider in this championship, and definitely good enough to move on from the group say. They included the team know that they are represented by some of the best players in some made Kappeler, and most players hold the day in the best leagues in Europe. That they also play at "home" is of course a great advantage. Maybe Africa's best card of the final will be a world champion in football.

The conclusion is that we find 3 good teams and 1 bad team in the group G. North Korea wont have a chance against the three better teams. But one good team has to fail, and I will put my money on Ivory Coast for not going further in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010. It's sad, but it's nearly the hard fact.

What is my favorite team in FIFA World Cup 2010?

My Favorite team in FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa will be Portugal in that they have both Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco, who are both hungry for success. I really enjoy seeing Portugal when they are at their best. Denmark won the qualification group against Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Malta and Albania, but I will say that Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of the Portugal team won every heart in Europe. I Portugal don't win the World Cup 2010, I have really no idea about who should win, but it'd be cool with England or the Netherlands.

Still angered over the way France qualified for last night, have never liked the especially well before either, so now I wish they certainly an early exit. I really really hope that Thierry Henry will get his penaly for cheating France to the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Give him two or three matches away from the pitch. That would just be a fair penalty, and France will have to play without one of their best players.

I hope England and Portugal makes good championship, and that the African teams shows up, in particular, I hope for Ghana and Nigeria. Ghana shocked the world with great football and great entertainment in 2006 in World Cup in Germany. Unfortunaltely they lost against Brazil in the 1/16- finale.

My tip to win the World Cup is "boring" Brazil. With Spain as the biggest challenge. As I see it, the two best teams in the world. England, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Argentina should also be included. My outsider: Ivory Coast.

I know just one thing ... and that is that this will be one of the best World Cups in the soccer history!

Who to win the World Cup 2010 in South Africa?

Here are the teams that are playing in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa next summer. Many people are missing big nations as Northern Ireland, Russia and other European countries, but they simply haven't been good enough in the qualification. You can see that many of the countries have won before like Italy, Brazil and England.

South Africa (the host), Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, The Ivory Coast, England,France,Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Cameroon, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, South Korea, Germany, Uruguay and USA.

The favourites to win the World Cup 2010 in South Africa will be, after my opinion, England, Brazil, Netherlands and Spain. This is why:

Why would England win the World Cup in South Africa: It's been a long time since England won something at all. But now Cappello has shown what he can do with this great team. David Beckham is hungry to win a World Cup before his career is over, and players like Wayne Rooney and John Terry is absolutely world class players. You can call England an outsider, because they are not the number 1 favourite.

Why would Brazil win the World Cup in South Africa: Brazil are always up there among the favourites. Great players with a great coach (Dunga). They have won the World Cup so many years before that there is almost a rule that Brazil is going to be at least in the semi-finals. Many things depend on the great Real Madrid midfielder Kakà.

Netherlands and Spain did a great job in the Euro 2008, where Spain (with Fernando Torres as the main character) won the whole championship. Will Spain do the same thing in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Many people are pointing at that Spain have never won the World Cup, so I'm not sure. It might be Spain's World Cup in the first World Cup in an African Nation.

Welcome to World Cup 2010 in South Africa

This blog is about the world's biggest soccer event in 2010 - the great world cup in South Africa. This is the first soccer world cup in an African country, which makes the World Cup very very special. You will find great information about the World Cup 2010 in this blog, and if you are wondering on something, you can just leave a note in the commentary-thing, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible.