Colors Of FIFA 2010

Host Country May Look Forward To the 2nd Round

After their 1-1 draw against Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, the tiny midfielder of South Africa Siphiwe Tshabalala informed that the host country may look ahead to the second round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup if they beat Uruguay in Pretoria on Wednesday.

France failed to set the World Cup 2010 on fire with their goalless draw against Uruguay and now in order to look forward they must win their next Group A match against Mexico.

In spite of some superb save from Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, Argentina won the match 1-0 against Nigeria on Saturday at Ellis Park. After this match Diego Maradona informed that the South Americans will not going to fear any opponent at the FIFA World Cup 2010 during their journey for the third global title.

Germany snatches a 4-0 victory over Australia in their opening game which relieved their Coach Joachim Low who believes that his team can get even better.

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FIFA 2010 Glances

Famous Pop Singer Shakira to perform the theme song of World Cup

FIFA World Cup 2010 starts on 10th June 10, 2010 at 8pm local time at the newly-renovated Orlando Stadium in Soweto/Johannesburg, South Africa.  In the opening ceremony famous Pop singer Shakira will perform the FIFA World Cup theme song “Waka Waka” or This Time for Africa. Other celebrity singers such as Alicia keys, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas etc will also grace the grand opening ceremony by their performances.

Swiss captain got an ankle injury
 

Swiss captain Alex Frei has got an ankle injury which might be a little serious and left his Swiss fans worried that it may cause his exclusion from the Switzerland football team of the World Cup.




Marcello Lippi is angry

Italian coach Marcello Lippi is angry with the Italian critics after hearing that his Squad is little too old to be competing for a World Cup and asked the critics to at least give his team a chance to prove themselves.






Oguchi Onyewu will play full 90 minutes

USA defender Oguchi Onyewu is ready to play full ninety minutes against England though he is not playing ninety minutes since last October.

FIFA World Cup 2010 Video Game

The official video game for FIFA World Cup 2010 is “2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa” which is published by EA Sports.

Simon Humber, one of the producers of the game announced it on 26th January 2010 and it was released on 27th April, 2010 in North America. 199 teams that took part in the qualification round are included in the game. A playable demo version of the game was released for Xbox 360 and PS 3 on 8th April 2010. This version of the game features the new two button control method aimed to make the game friendlier to the users who are new to the FIFA Series and ability to upload video replays to EA Football World.

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Current FIFA World Rankings

FIFA declared the ranking system of FIFA World Rankings for men's national football team on 26th May 2010 which is at present led by Brazil. This ranking system was 1st introduced in 1992 and six teams have obtained the top position till today. They are Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Among them Brazil have spent longest time in the top position.

There is also a point system in which some points are awarded to the teams on the basis of the result of FIFA recognized matches. Under the current system, rankings are given evaluating a team’s performance over the past four years, where more recent results and more significant matches are given high preferences to recognize the present competitive state of a team.

Top 25 Rankings as of 26 May 2010

1. Brazil with 1611 points
2. Spain with 1565 points
3. Portugal with 1249 points
4. Netherlands with 1231 points
5. Italy with 1184 points
6. Germany with 1082 points
7. Argentina with 1076 points
8. England with 1068 points
9. France with 1044 points
10. Croatia with 1041 points
11. Russia with 1015 points
12. Egypt with 967 points
13. Greece with 964 points
14. United States with 957 points
15. Serbia with 947 points
16. Uruguay with 899 points
17. Mexico with 895 points
18. Chile with 888 points
19. Cameroon with 887 points
20. Australia with 886 points
21. Nigeria with 883 points
22. Norway with 882 points
23. Ukraine with 875 points
24. Switzerland with 866 points
25. Slovenia with 860 points