Cornwall ON – Probably, one of the great games of soccer – Brazil verses Holland, 2010.
This game had everything – great acting from the assembled cast; excellent officiating from the Japanese referee; moments of magic; moments of drama; an outcome undecided until the final whistle; and soccer the like of which I have rarely seen. As a neutral, a game played at such a speed as to stupefy the observer; a prize for tuning in on the morning after Canada Day celebrations.
And the Ghana/Uruguay match was not too shabby either; last minute drama the likes of which have rarely been seen in World Cup history. A Uruguayan savior, who did what any defender would do – keep the ball out of the net. That he will miss the semi-final is hardly a hardship, his team, his country, will still be there, and should they somehow beat the team from Argentina then I am sure he will be back for the final.
I am salivating at the thought of the next matches – Germany verses Argentina and Paraguay verses Spain. Europe verses South America; western hemisphere verses eastern hemisphere; northern hemisphere verses south.
David Rawnsley is President of the Char Lan Minor Soccer Association as well as Executive Director of FOSS, Friends of SD&SG Soccer and a district Referee, as well as co-founder of Char-Lan Women’s Soccer.
Soccer is his Passion, and we’re hoping to get several reports from him during the 2010 Fifa World Cup!
