Uruguay beat South Korea by 2-1

Uruguay advances to quarter finals in FIFA 2010 World Cup after beating South Korea by 2-1 goal difference. This victory for Uruguay takes its country to quarter finals after the long period of 40 years.

The key player of Uruguay Ajax striker Suarez scored his first goal in the 8th minute of the match. Then after completing the first half, in the second half that is at the 68th minute, Lee Chung-yong of South Korea scored a fantastic head goal and bring back their hopes for this crucial Knock-out match.

Till then, South Korea's ball possession was fantastic but after leveling the score, Uruguay started to take the ball possession immediately and they have did it at the 80th minute. Yes, Uruguay haven taken the corner advantage though they have not scored by this corner, Suarez takes the advantage again and strike the ball towards the goal post.

This goal brings down the hopes of South Korea though they have made best struggling on the field after the 2nd goal of Uruguay. Uruguay after their struggling 40 years, they have reached the Quarter finals by defeating at the Knock-Out match. The match was held at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

FIFA World Cup Winners

FIFA World Cup hve started their joueney right from the year 1930. The first edition of FIFA world Cup held at Uruguay. To be surprise, the host country won the first Ever World Cup.

FIFA World Cup winners and their Opponents with goals they had scored are as follows:

1930
Place: Uruguay
Uruguay beat Argentina by 4-2.
Uruguay won the Cup and they had marked their victory to celebrate their 100th year of Independence day.

1934
Place:Italy
Italy beat Czechoslovakia by 2-1.
In this FIFA cup, then Defending Champions Uruguay refused to participate in order to take revenge on Italy's absence in the first World Cup.

1938
Place:France
Italy beat Hungary by 4-2.
Italy once again proved themselves as Champions. That time, dictator Mussolini's message was mistranslated as "Win o die" but the original message was "give it your all, guys".

1950
Place: Brazil
Uruguay beat Brazil by 2-1.

1954
Place: Switzerland
Germany FR beat Hungary by 3-2.
This final was termed as Miracle of Berne when Germany defeated then strong Hungary team. Till then, Hungary had an unbeaten record of 31 matches victory but it was put to an end by the Germany.

1958
Place: Sweden
Brazil beat Sweden by 5-2.
Brazil marked their first World Cup win against Sweden. Pele showed his brillant performace on the field. His first goal in the final match was selected as one of the best goals in the History of World Cup by FIFA.

1962
Place: Chile
Brazil beat Czechoslovakia y 3-1.

1966
Place: England
England beat Germany FR by 4-2.
England won the match when the final clash went to extra time after their scores got level at 2-2.

1970
Place: Mexico
Brazil beat Italy by 4-1.
Brazil won the cup for the third time.

1974
Place: Germany
Germany FR beat Netherlands by 2-1.
New FIFA world Cup trophy went to the Germans.

1978
Place: Argentina
Argentina beat Netherlands by 3-1.
Netherlands got defeated in their second consecutive final.

1982
Place: Spain
Italy beat Germany FR by 3-1.
Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the cup three times.

1986
Place: Mexico
Argentina beat Germany FR by 3-2.

1990
Place: Italy
Germany beat Argentina by 1-0.
This edition of FIFA world Cup set the lowest goal per game average.

1994
Place: USA
Brazil beat Italy by 3-2(Penalty Shoot-out). The match was draw by 0-0.

1998
Place: France
France beat Brazil by 3-0.

2002
Place: South Korea/Japan
Brazil beat Germany by 2-0.
Brazil won the cup which take them to a record fifth title.

2006
Place: Germany
Italy beat France by 1-1 (5-3 Penalty Shoot-out).

Argentina beat South Korea by massive 4-1

Argentina beat South Korea by scoring 4 goals against South Korea. Real Madrid's Gonzalo scored a hat-trick which paves the easy way for the victory over this asian team.

Argentina after winning two matches of the group matches, steps ahead to second round of FIFA 2010. The match was held at Soccer City on Thursday.

Higuain made his hat-trick with the goal by head in the 80th minute of the game. South Korea socred its consolation goal after the end of the first half and the goal was hit by Lee Chung-yong. But the goal was failed to control by Argentina Defender Martin even it seems to be simple ball.

The result left Argentina top of the group with six points from their opening two matches followed by South Korea with three from their first two games.

Argentina seems to be in good form in this FIFA tournament and the World Class players like Messi, Carlos, Angel di Maria bringing out their fantastic and marvelous talent on the field.

All the best Argentina!!!

First Goal in FIFA 2010 - RSA Vs Mexico ends in a Draw (1-1)

Siphiwe Tshabalala of South Africa scored the first goal in the FIFA world cup 2010 edition against Mexico on friday. This man entered into the world cup record books after hitting the goal in the first match of FIFA world cup 2010.
19th FIFA world cup 2010 first match was played between the host South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. In the first half of the match, no goals were scored by any team. But in the second half, at 55th minute of the match, Tshabalala hit the goal against Mexico which brings the first goal of this edition.

Mexico Skipper Rafael Marquez brings down the RSA dream of winning the first match by scoring a goal when only 11 minutes left for the game to end.

This led the fans leave the stadium after the First Match in Group A between RSA and Mexico ended as a 1-1 draw.

FIFA 2010 World Cup Opening Ceremony

FIFA world cup 2010, the very biggest sports event on the world kicks off with the massive opening ceremony at Johannesburg. R Kelly's stunning performance made the audience jumps off at the stadium. The crowd reaches a number of more than 84000 at the opening ceremony. Kelly performance was the highlight with his Soweto Spiritual Singers.

Though the start of FIFA 2010 at South Africa was great, absence of Nelson Mandela for the inauguration is of great miss for the FIFA inaugural event. Absence is because Mandela's grand duaghter today met with accident and she died in a car crash.
South Africa is going to play with Mexico in the opening game of world cup 2010 on Friday i.e today. The host will get extra boost as they have more supporters than others. France is ready to play against Uruguay in the second match on Friday.

Mr. Zuma was thrilled as he launched opening concert and he thanked FIFA to bring the event first time on African soil. Mr. Zuma said,

“We would like to thank Fifa for the decision to bring the World Cup for the first time to the continent of Africa. We would like to thank South Africans for having received our visitors so warmly. I want to ask you to show this warmness for the whole tournament.”

Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, John Legend, and Shakira steal the show with their magnificent performances. Shakira performed before an international crowd at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, on the first night of the World Cup.Shakira performed “Waka Waka,” which is the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.