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It took 120 minutes of play, but the Span are finally staring down the Dutch 1-0 in the final of the World Cup on a goal from Andres Iniesta.

The Spaniards then won the coveted trophy at their first participation in the World Cup final.

At the 7th minute, the Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt intercepted a pass near the dubious Spanish defensive and tries a shot from 35 meters that Iker Casillas stopped easily.

The Spanish-cons attack in the 10th minute. Sergio Ramos managed to exceed the defender who covers the right, but its center is deflected behind the goal line by defender John Heitinga. Spain does not take advantage of the subsequent corner.

After the first fifteen minutes, both teams traded a yellow card. Robin Van Persie is punished on the side of the Netherlands, while Carlos Puyol has been punished for a tackle.

The kick after the carton Puyol is dangerous for the Spaniards. Wesley Sneijder, who could win today as the best scorer of the World, let fly a shot was that Castillas manages to catch.

New board in the 22nd minute. This time, the Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel who gets following a tackle from behind.

Midfielder Xabi Alonso Gets A sole Nigel De Jong in the chest. Alonso is visited by the Spanish keeper, while De Jong received the third card of the match for the Netherlands.

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After all the “you are a cheater” between Terry Henry and the Irelands, we finally have the 32 teams to begin with the biggest sport event in the world. This world cup in particular promises to be competitive and exciting; the opening game between Mexico and South Africa has a clear favorite on the host’s, but don’t think that Mexico won’t give the fight because you might be surprised…

This is the first world cup… as far as I remember that experts are still debating about how the most competitive group is among the qualifiers, most agree that all groups are difficult and we might see some surprises along the way. World Cup 2010 betting fans and people how enjoy sports in general are having the same problems choosing a clear winner for the matches. Brazil is the all times favorite but teams such as Spain, England, Nederland and Italy have very strong teams, so is the case of Nederland how qualified to the World Cup without losing a single match.

Let’s breakdown the groups a little:

Group A: RSA, MEX, URU, FRA Favorites: RSA and FRA
Group B: ARG, NGA, KOR, GRE Favorites: ARG and NGA
Group C: ENG, USA, ALG, SVN Favorites: ENG and USA
Group D: GER, AUS, SRB, GHA Favorites: GER and GHA
Group E: NED, DEN, JPN, CMR Favorites: NED and JPN
Group F: ITA, PAR, NZL, SVK Favorites: ITA and PAR
Group G: BRA, PRK, CIV, POR Favorites: BRA and CIV
Group H: ESP, SUI, HON, CHI Favorites: ESP and CHI

Have you decided your own favorites?

The first revolution was tactical move of “dribbling” in “passing” between 1860 and 1880. Before that date, the game was mostly solo dribble opponents who showed up, then while you discover that your thoughts may well create difficulties for any defense. Continuous improvement of quality balloons and land will help to embed the password in the culture of football. Before the revolution, the legislature responded with the rule of offside which prevented the center forward to camp in front of goal. Before the 1920s, it was not two (one defender and the goalkeeper, for example) but three players between the goal line and the player receiving a pass. The center forward was then still having strong qualities of dribbles to conclude action. This period was the golden age of “number 9″.

After the reform of non-game 1920 (2 players for offside, not 3), data change problem, and Herbert Chapman is developing a revolutionary tactic, known as “WM”, which allows of collecting trophies at Arsenal and Portsmouth. AS Cannes was one of the first French club to adopt this tactic in 1931. The WM reigned supreme until 1953 and the famous defeat the English at home against the Hungarians. In fact many coaches have tried to find a parade at WM, and the solution will come from Hungary and Budapest Honved with Gusztáv Sebes. The latter applied a tactic based on the permutations for the game – which was not done at the time. In fact, the center forward recoiled in offering support and racing gave way to the rise of the two attacking midfielders which resulted in surplus over the opponent. The Hungarians were the first to estimate a player could exceed its role. These innovative principles for the time favored the switch to 4-2-4. The Brazilians adopted this formula 4-2-4 and did evolve gradually 4-3-3 during the 1960s, this position will retain a majority until the 1970s.

In parallel to this history of offensive tactics, there is also a school defensive. The “Swiss lock” in place since the 1930s is the model for all the concretes (French) and other Catenaccio (Italian) who take over after the Second World War. In France, training almost religiously applying these strategies are Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux in particular, the “impregnable fortress”.

The rise of creative midfielders in the way of Cruyff, Platini and Maradona other demanded a new defensive adaptation, but in this area at all, or almost, had already been tried. Indeed, the tacticians never found truly parade to control such players. Since the 1980s, however, the trend is clearly on the defensive, and the old debate between proponents of long open play (Nantes and Monaco, for example) than defensive realism (Bordeaux or Lyon, in particular) is obsolete. The game in Nantes is only a chimera, while the Girondins de Bordeaux and other OL no longer practice the game closed their ancestors. With the rapid transfer of players, tactics cultures are less the fact that club coaches, the best known and most durable high develop preferences for a particular schema. We note in fact a tactical race, mainly due to the development of a new weapon terribly effective tactic: the video images.

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We put up a tactic to prevent the opponent from scoring, so it is a tactic to defend initially. The tactical aspect is nothing without the foundation and the concept of pack team. Indeed, since now some thirty years, we asked players to abandon the pass mark for individual marking zone. This tactic is more effective, and especially allows to save endless defensive races, but it requires intelligence tactics, while marking the pants was simply chasing an opponent that we had to follow from beginning to the end of the game.

As a concrete example: The traditional 4-4-2.  4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers. The two lines of defenders and midfielders are flat with an interval between two lines relatively small (15-20 meter). Depending on the position of the ball, players slide across the width of the field. So if the ball is right, middle left axis narrowing in the middle axis shifts further left hand ball, the middle right axis covers the middle right which is fitted to play the ball carrier. If the opposing player will realize that the side is closed, it can show the ball to “rotate” (= change) for later. During the movement of the ball, players must slide back the other way in return for a first time their original position, then perform the same operation: the middle left to play up the middle on the left axis and covers both other slide. The line of supporters following the same principle with a slight additional concept: the management depth. Thus, we abandon completely the opposite side of the ball to put the density and pressing on the ball carrier. The basic principle of this tactic is also the defensive withdrawal. Indeed, a parade of the laundry is to play along over defenders. To do this, position the team needs to block located around 30 meters from his own goal. In this way defenders can handle the depth of field.

But football is not just a tactic to control. A good footballer should be able to move from one scheme to another game without him this poses a problem. Thus the coach can change the device to put the opponent in trouble or re-fit some aspects that would endanger the collective goal. This also avoids the coach having to make changes to players too early in the course of the match so as not to waste the three changes maximum allowed.

The footballer and the salaries of football should be a shade between the wages earned by the footballer and the added income from advertising revenue by example. Thus a player can easily increase its revenues if it is present on television screens through the commercials … (for an example David Beckham). In France, the player is paid the most Karim Benzema who earns a salary and bonus off outside advertising revenues 400 000 Gross. This gives an annual total of 4.8 million. It remains far from the big salaries that are often distributed in England, far beyond any other country on this point of view.

Salaries in League 2 vary between 2000 and 60 000, the average being around 12,000 Euros Gross. In National (3rd Division National) between 600 and 9 000 average 3000 euros. Remember that the National Championship is not only professional but semi-professional, so it is not uncommon for football players coming to training after a day’s work. At these salaries must be added the premium games, which fluctuate according to the classification of the team. Any bonus objectives that are assigned individually but can also be collective.

We must warn our readers by reporting those wages. In fact, you may think that these salaries are enormous and it would be nice to win it. But we remind you that a career as a footballer is short and it should manage its entire life! Finally if you look deeper into the wages of players, there is a very small minority of them wins an agent lot, others are paid adequately or comfortably pay, but will still work after their careers ended. For this reason we must stay grounded even in the face of such sums. Very few players come to live their whole life income of football. The studies are therefore essential, even if you are a gifted player, there is no guarantee that you will earn much money, nothing prevents injuries and a sudden stop to a career … So many factors come into play and lead us to encourage good football players to continue their studies in order to re-orient themselves to end their careers. After all football is a game.

When it comes to technical player, most often it refers to players who are great football handlers, like Zidane, Ronaldo and Maradona to go a little further in time. But we often forget that the very good players are almost all professionals have a very good technique. And there are not talking about amulets and other step over, but of pure technique. Being technically skillful for a footballer is to be able to control the ball well even in poor conditions, giving good ball to their partners to put in the best possible positions. Most of the time the players technically gifted people have the habit of the youngest age to play simple control, a pass. A priori nothing is easier! Yet it is a very tedious job, which requires a lot of repetition, but pays off in the long term.

Indeed, work physiology to glean a few hundredths of a second over a distance is possible but not very visible to the naked eye; ditto for what is endurance and power. All this is necessary, but the effort, even if they are not done for nothing, are few and are often synonymous with efforts difficult and unappreciated football players. While in technical, rapid change is possible through simple exercises and repeated. The technique of football is something that improves the game and exercises with the ball and especially that we can really see the benefits quickly. The footballer is held by maintains this basic technique by applying constant in all exercises that are a daily workout. Technically skillful footballer can get out of a difficult situation with a well controlled or directed by a game at a touch football. The technical panel of football is relatively large and the positioning of the player varies. A tackle for a defender may be considered a gesture technique “defensive”. A shot down the line head of a center forward in front of goal is also regarded as a technical act.

The modern game goes faster and faster. And to move more quickly should limit the number of ball by quality controls. But there is also the power passes. This helps to put the rhythm in the movement of the ball and disrupt a defense using a defensive tactic in place. The football player must be able to master a number of tactical data is what we see in our next chapter.

Group A:
France
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay

Group B:
Argentina
Nigeria
Republic of Korea
Greece

Group C:
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D:
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E:
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon

Group F:
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G:
Brazil
DPR Korea
Ivory Coast
Portugal

Group H:
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile