Muller won the Golden Boot (because he had three assists).Ħ – Carlos Alberto Parreira coached Bafana Bafana at the 2010 World Cup, his sixth different side he has coached at the tournament, the most of any manager. Only Wilson & Jerry played.Ĥ – There were four top scorers at the World Cup (David Villa, Diego Forlan, Wesley Sneijder & Thoman Muller), the most since 1962 (6). As usual, we dug through the numbers to bring you ten stats from the showpiece event 10 years ago:ġ – South Africa were knocked out of the 2010 World Cup at the Group stage, and are the only hosts in World Cup history not to progress from the 1st round.ġ – Spain lifted their first ever World Cup title in 2010, becoming the 8th country to put their name on the trophy, but the first European team to have won outside Europe.Ģ.27 – The 2010 tournament saw just 2,27 goals per game (145 in 64), the second lowest figure of all time at a World Cup (2,21 gpg in 1990).ģ – The Honduras national team had three brothers in their World Cup squad (Johnny, Jerry and Wilson Palacios), the first time this has happened for any team.
Spain would lose their opening game but go on to beat Netherlands in an all-European final in dramatic fashion – Andres Iniesta scoring the latest goal ever recorded in a World Cup final (116 minutes). Even the 2-1 win over France wasn’t enough, as Bafana were knocked out of the tournament at the first stage. The gulf in quality showed in the next game, however, when Bafana lost 3-0 to eventual semi-finalists Uruguay. Siphiwe Tshabalala scored the tournament’s opening goal against Mexico, as we sent a message to the world that we were not just there to make up the numbers. Exactly 10 years ago today, South Africa hosted the first Soccer World Cup on African soil.
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