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Soophott Lert
The Worldcup 2010 football tournament is one of the most anticipated events in the sporting world this year. It brings together 32 of the best football teams in the world to compete over two months in the summer. These FIFA national teams have been competing for the honor of qualifying in the Worldcup 2010 since August of 2007, and now the time to play the tournament has finally arrived. Fans are buying their tickets and making travel plans to attend what promises to be one of the most electric FIFA Worldcup tournaments in several years. Cape Town, South Africa, will host the Worldcup 2010. It won the honor through an extensive bidding process, and now the town is preparing for the influx of fans, players, and media that will descend in early summer. A state of the art new stadium has been designed and built specifically to host this event. The Worldcup 2010 rivals the Olympics as one of the biggest world competitions, and it creates the same sort of craziness for the host city during the event. Crowd control is a major issue at Worldcup events because the national pride of a Worldcup match tends to make fans more excited than usual. Held every four years, the Worldcup football tournament is the pinnacle of the football world, and the champions hold the world title for the next four years. Italy has been the proud holder of the cup for the last four years, and there are several clubs that would like to change things up this time around. Some controversies over officiating during the qualifying rounds will add some drama to the Worldcup 2010 tournament this summer, with all eyes watching for fouls and screaming for each game to be called properly. There is bound to be some extra controversy if there are close calls. There are several teams in the Worldcup 2010 tournament that feel like they have a chance to knock Italy off of the championship throne. At this point everyone has the same chance, and it's always interesting to see which teams rise to the pressure and which teams crumble. Some of the more interesting teams to watch this year include the United States, which is not known for its football prowess. A team to watch for a different reason is France. They advanced after defeating Ireland in a highly controversial game during which a French player was not penalized for handling the ball improperly. The French players are sure to be scrutinized in every single play with that famous controversy fresh in everyone's minds. If you're a football fan, you're probably anxious for the show to start. If you've never paid much attention to football, you'll probably hear quite a bit more about it than you're used to in the next few months. The world's focus will shift to South Africa early this summer as the elite football clubs battle it out for the opportunity to bring glory to their home countries in the ultimate football tournament.
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