And the winner is...

As Spain and Netherlands are preparing for the final combat, we know the winners, that is even before the final of football world cup is started we know the winners, thanks to Paul octopus (also knwn as paul baba), predicting Spain as the winner and Mani parrot( known as tota, in Hindi), predicting Netherlands as the winner. They are two genius in predicting the winners of the match in football world cup 2010 and this time they differ in there prediction. So, it is now Paul v/s Mani.. Paul is eight legged aquatic animal, presently located in Germany and Mani is from Singapore.

Paul octopus whose record is 100% with respect to predictions about the winners of the football matches, that is octopus has till now predicted 6 out of 6 correct prediction, the latest correct prediction was Spain winning over Germany in Semifinals. Now the same Paul has predicted that Spain will win the finals and Germany will win the play-off match, that is Germany will be third, Netherlands (or Holland) will be second and Spain will be on top. See the video showing Paul predicting the winner.

On the other hand, Mani-the parrot has chosen Netherlands over Spain to win the Soccer world cup 2010. Mani has predicted correctly the winners of all the quarter final final till now. See the video below to know how did Mani choses Netherlands.

Now the match is not only between Netherlands and Spain, but also between Paul-the octopus and Mani-the parrot. Let's see whose prediction comes true and who looses the game !!

FIFA world cup 2010 -- Semi finals

What happened in Quarter finals was really hearting and dramatic !!
Motivated and spirited Netherlands (or Holland or Dutch) defeated World No.1 team Brazil in 57th match of the tournament and the 1st match of the quarterfinals. And in the next quarter final match, on the same day, Uruguay defeated Ghana (the lone country from Africa continent to reach Quarterfinals) in the penalty shootout,  in the match Uruguay's Luis Suarez stopped the ball with the hand (could have been the winning goal for Ghana) in the dying moments of the match, known as Hand of GOD by Uruguay team supporters and Hand of DEVIL by Ghana team supporters, and that sealed the fate of Ghana to reach semifinals... And debate continues, should a FOOTball player, other than goalkeeper, be allowed to stop the ball in a FOOTball match in such tense moments or any other moment with hand?

You can see how Luis Suarez stopped the ball with hands in different views,

How does it look from backside of the net ?

How does it look from the back side at an angle more than 30 degrees ?

How does it look from the front of the net ? (The Ghana team players view)

Next day Germany thrashed Argentine by 4-0 and ensured that they go into semifinals comfortably and they will  meet World No.2,Spain (defeated Paraguay with a scoreline of 1-0 in quarterfinals, that is 60th match of the tournament) in the Semi-finals.

The four teams qualified for the semifinal's are,

1. Uruguay 
2. Germany 
3. Netherlands 
4. Spain 

The Semifinal matches will be held in two days, that is on 6th July and 7th July.  And then there will be match for the 3rd place on 10th July. In the match for 3rd place, the teams losing in the semifinal match will be facing each other !
The fixtures for the semifinals are as follows,


Uruguay    v/s Netherlands  , on 6th July,2010 at Cape Town
Germany  v/s Spain , on 7th July,2010 at Durban


And at last on 11th July, the judgement day, the world will come to know  who is the World Champions in the field of football !!

FIFA world cup 2010 -- Quarter finals

Finally the Round-2 was complete with some controversies, and now there is another knock-out round that is Quarter finals, in which 8 teams qualified after winning there respective matches in round-2 of  FIFA world cup 2010, also known as football world cup. The teams which qualified for the Quarter final stage are,

1. Netherlands 
2. Uruguay 
3. Argentina 
4. Paraguay 
5. Brazil 
6. Ghana 
7. Germany 
8. Spain 

The matches of this stage will be completed in the span of 2 days,that is on 2nd and 3rd July, with two matches every day. The fixtures are as follows,

Netherlands   v/s Brazil     , on 2nd July,2010 -->57th match of tournament

Uruguay       v/s Ghana     , on 2nd July,2010 -->58th match of tournament

Argentina     v/s Germany , on 3rd July,2010 -->59th match of tournament

Paraguay     v/s Spain       , on 3rd July,2010 -->60th match of tournament

After this round total of 60 matches will be complete and then there will semifinals, match for the 3rd place and then the Finals.

Lets see how the tournament progresses and who is going to be world champions this time !!