We finally have all 32 countries who will be in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa!!!
After the games played on November 18th, Portugal, Greece, Uruguay, France, Algeria, and Slovenia have qualified for the tournament. Here are the results:
Bosnia 0 – 1 Portugal (agg. 0-2)
Ukraine 0 – 1 Greece (agg. 0-1)
Uruguay 1 – 1 Costa Rica (agg. 2-1)
France 1 – 1 Ireland (agg. 2-1)
Algeria 1 – 0 Egypt (agg. 1-0)
Slovenia 1 – 0 Russia (agg. 2-2, Slovenia wins on away goals)
France beat Ireland in overtime and thanks to referee Martin Hansson awarding William Gallas a goal that should've been waved off. After a free kick was taken from almost midfield and lobbed inside the area, 2 French players were offside at the time the free kick was taken. One of these players participated on the play, and by rule, the assistant should've called offsides even if that player didn't touch the ball. Then, Thierry Henry, who was not offside, clearly controls the ball that was going out of bounds with his left forearm and hand before crossing it back to the middle to a wide open Gallas, who simply headed the ball in for the victory. This was daylight robbery and even though I rather see France rather than Ireland in the World Cup, this was just unfair to Ireland.
Here is the list of all 32 teams for the 2010 World Cup:
South Africa Australia Japan Korea Republic
Brazil Korea DPR Chile Ghana
England Spain Paraguay Ivory Coast
Germany Denmark Serbia Italy
Netherlands Mexico Nigeria Switzerland
Slovakia Argentina Honduras New Zealand
United States Cameroon Algeria Greece
Slovenia Portugal France Uruguay
The final draw for the 32 teams will be held on December 4th to determine which teams will be grouped together for the tournmanet.
THE COUNTDOWN HAS OFICIALLY BEGUN!!! 203 days to go!!!
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