Out of the 204 competing national teams in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, only two remains.
On July 11, 2010, 2:30 PM EST at the Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa, Spain and Netherlands will meet in the Finals for the honor and glory of being crowned the best football team in the world.
This will be the first time for both teams to make it to the Finals and the first matchup since 1978 between two teams that have never won the World Cup before.
It is also the first World Cup final not to feature at least one of Brazil, Italy, Germany or Argentina
Whoever wins then will be making history.
The Netherlands were beaten finalists in 1974 and 1978, while Spain’s best performance was fourth place in 1950.
Get your vuvuzelas ready!
Paul the Octopus had predicted Spain to win. How about you?
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UPDATE: Spain wins against the Netherlands 1-0!
Watch Spain vs Netherlands REPLAY Highlights below:
Congratulations to Spain for finally winning the World Cup!
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Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, holland, netherlands, spain
July 12th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Paul scores another point! Will Germany make good its plan to make ‘calamares’ out of him?
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ark Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Not anymore. After all, he correctly predicted that Germany will win against Uruguay.
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August 11th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
you are mistaken ,you me Uruguay will win against Germany
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October 29th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
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