Some "highlights" of the championship game are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd1gny9LBUU
This was a very physical game, apparently. Once again, it showed what a flawed "sport" soccer is. We are all familiar with the blown calls from this tournament, and in soccer in general. Here is one aggregation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EMdik4xYAA
But pay attention to the original "highlights" video mentioned above. Watch at around 2:48. If Robben just falls down he gets the call, according to every announcer I heard. Which is just wrong, of course. Either it's a foul or it's not. It shouldn't matter if the guy falls down. Point is, you can see why people take such outrageous dives in this "sport." They have to in order to get the calls, because the refereeing is so atrocious.
And to close the book on the most interesting story from the World Cup, check out this story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293060/Larissa-Riquelme-sports-best-strip-tournament--Paraguay-won-celebrating.html
Remember her promise to run through the streets naked if Paraguay won the World Cup? (And how we were all going to root for Paraguay?!) Sure you do. I wrote about it here.
Well, Paraguay did not win. But Larissa couldn't just couldn't keep her clothes on anyway! :)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/07/08/article-0-0A5D61FE000005DC-923_468x286_popup.jpg
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