WORLD CUP FINAL: NETHERLANDS 0 - 1 SPAIN
FIFA World Cup South Africa ended on Sunday July 11 with the final between Netherlands and Spain. It was a game that will go down in infamy as the World Cup Final with the most yellow cards. English referee Howard Webb showed the yellow card 14 times, 2 to Dutch defender Heitinga who was sent off in added extra time.

Spain is the first European team to win outside Europe, the first to win after losing its opening game and the first to win with as little as 8 goals in 7 matches throughout the tournament. In fact Spain's last 4 matches ended 1 - 0. This is Spain's first appearance in a World Cup whereas Netherlands have 3 appearances and still no wins.

Lionel Messi (Arg) - top scorer in La Liga: 34 goals Xavi Hernandez (Esp) - top class midfielder for Barcelona Wesley Sneijder (Hol) - creative midfielder for Inter Milan More top footballers World Cup 2010 Top Scorers Diego Forlan (Uru) - 5 goals Thomas Müller (Ger) - 5 goals David Villa (Esp) - 5 goals Wesley Sneijder (Ned) - 5 goals Gonzalo Higuaín (Arg) - 4 goals Miraslov Klose (Ger) - 4 goals Robert Vittek (Svk) - 4 goals Landon Donavan (USA) - 3 goals Luis Fabiano (Bra) - 3 goals Asamoah Gyan (Gha) - 3 goals Luis Suárez (Uru) - 3 goals

Asamoah Gyan (Gha) He ankle is swollen after picking up a knock during training. Kevin-Prince Boateng (Gha) He aggavated a hamstring problem during the USA game. Elano (Bra) He suffered an ankle injury in the match against Ivory Coast. More football injury