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The World cup in South Africa is progressing in full swing, but the comments are that it is not as exciting, nor as skillful, as previous soccer tournaments, which made me reflect and think back to one outstanding occasion, and for good and bad reasons. Maradona’s second goal has been voted by one group as being the greatest in World Cup history. Apparently, he picked up the ball in his own half of the pitch and it only took him eleven touches to weave his way past five England players before stroking the ball around Peter Shilton the England goalkeeper into the net.

This match scheduled to be held in Port Elizabeth on Monday will see the winner assured of advancing to the next round. Football is a funny old game. Nobody expected Switzerland to have any chance at all against Spain.

Both these group H teams scheduled to meet at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday are looking for points against their names. A mere draw could dent their fortunes. For Spain, it is redemption time after the tournament favourites lost in a shock upset to Switzerland. For Honduras, the coming match against Spain is nothing to look forward to, after their loss to a much less accomplished Chile.

You can drive your car hire from the South African Airports to the various venues which are hosting the event. The major car hire firms located at the city and airport branches are Alamo, Thrifty, Europcar, Sixt, Hertz, National and lots more.

On Sunday, Soccer City, Johannesburg will get to see the 5-time World Cup winners Brazil in action, against Ivory Coast, one of the strongest African sides in the tournament. Both teams have much at stake in this ‘group of death’ encounter. Brazil would look to cement a place in the next round with a win. Ivory Coast would aspire for as many points as possible, to stay in contention.

The match to be played at Bloemfontein’s Free State Stadium will precede the other group F match between Italy and New Zealand. The match between Slovakia and New Zealand was a waiting game as could be expected from a pair of defensive teams relying on discipline rather than flair.

Well, the expectation and hype around the 2010 World Cup hasn’t really taken off yet has it? Some games have been very disappointing.

I think a few people still don’t quite get the man that is Avram Grant and his rise to fame and fortune over the last 4 or 5 years. If you look at how he’s been transformed into one of the top bosses in the Premier League considering his relative anonymity just 5 years ago, it really is quite astonishing.

New Zealand met Italy last year in the Confederations Cup, and the World Champions barely managed to edge past New Zealand with a 4-3 score. Apart from that game, the memory of Winston Red’s equalizer against Slovakia must be fresh still, and is bound to inspire the Kiwis to play their heart out against the Azzurris.

When all the craziness of World Cup keeps going, our men, husbands and boyfriends stick like glue to their TV sets. Then, what should women do during this crazy and hot summer? Stay alone and weep? Of course not!

Not every fairy tale beginning with “once upon a time’ ends with a “happily ever after”. If any team in professional soccer had that fairy tale start to their World Cup career, it was Portugal.