Hey!

Yes it’s me again.

I’ll try to be as quick as I can.

Best match that wasn’t the final

Holland weren’t expected to win in the quarter final but they did break the South American giants Brazil.

The Dutch manager Van Marwijk had created a good team, with Holland taking every opportunity there was against Brazil.

But my personal favourite was Uruguay against Germany. What a match!

This game showed me that Germany is a force to content with in the future.

Best manager

Diego Maradona.

He inspired a team to believe in themselves, despite having little experience as a manager and having many personal problems.

Well done on getting his extension as Argentina’s manager to the year 2014.

I just love this comment from him, regarding some remarks that have been madr about his national side:

"Many journalists should apologise to the players.

"I'm not suggesting you drop your trousers but it would be honest and great so we all get along better."

Now for my, ahem, disappointments…

Biggest flop as a player

Italy’s Fabio Cannavaro.

Time and age catches up with everyone and it has for this 36 year-old, as he was caught out of position and dived into tackles.

I really think either he cleans up his act, like fellow Wales and Manchester United defender Ryan Giggs, who despite being the same age, shows no signs of slowing down and goes from strength to strength, or call it a day on his international career.

Biggest flop as a team

France – being caught on camerea being disrespectful to their trainer and being held back by manager Raymond Domenech was unacceptable.

This team, with the natural talent of Thiery Henry, Patrice Evra and Nicolas Anelka, should of put their individual issues behind them.

They deserved to be beaten by the host nation South Africa 2-1 in the quarter finals.

As the old saying goes, united we stand, divided we fall – they did justice to those words, regardless of the outcome of Henry’s talks with the country’s president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Biggest mistake by a referee

I know is predicable of me, but Jorge Larrionda and hs assistant did deserve the stick they got for disallowing Frank Lampard’s goal.

If they had rightfully allowed it, the score would have been 2-2 at half time.

That window of opportunity could have changed the direction of the England-Germany game.

Thank goodness for the other sporting activities for me to talk about…

Andria