[net-gold] SPORTS: SOCCER: WORLD CUP: It's Fiesta Time in Spain as Country Welcomes Home World Cup Champions
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- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:55:02 -0400 (EDT)
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SPORTS: SOCCER: WORLD CUP:
It's Fiesta Time in Spain as Country Welcomes Home World Cup Champions
It's Fiesta Time in Spain as Country Welcomes Home World Cup Champions
By Alan Clendenning (CP)
Canadian Press
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MADRID - Spain's World Cup champions flew home from South Africa on Monday
for a massive celebration, including meetings with the Spanish king and
prime minister and an open air bus ride through the city's historic
centre.
At least several hundred thousand fans were expected to line the streets
of the capital to celebrate Spain's first ever World Cup title, less than
12 hours after 300,000 jammed the city centre for a raucous party just
after the win.
The team, which beat the Netherlands 1-0 in extra time in Johannesburg on
Sunday night, was set to arrive at Madrid's international airport at about
2:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT). The players were to rest for several
hours in an airport hotel before meeting King Juan Carlos and Prime
Minister Rodriguez Zapatero.
But the highlight will be the team's 5-kilometre open air bus ride past
Madrid landmarks amid crowds of cheering Spaniards decked out in bright
red and yellow _ the colours of the Spanish flag.
<snip>
Spain "gave an injection of universality, showed its style of football
despite those who sneer at it, after an emotional, uncomfortable game
against a coarse Netherlands. It succumbed to a rival that was well-versed
in the art of the unpredictable, as well as being intoxicating and
mature," El Pais said.
The winning goal came with four minutes left in extra time when Iniesta
took a pass from Cesc Fabregas and blasted the ball into the net.
<snip>
Iniesta plays for Barcelona, the club that forms the core of the Spanish
team, along with players such as Xavi Hernandez, Gerard Pique and Carlos
Puyol. Eight Barcelona players were members of the World Cup-winning
squad.
Some news reports saw the national team as an example to follow for a
country hit hard by the European debt crisis and various regions demanding
greater autonomy.
"It would be good if the collective enthusiasm for the team became a
stimulus for Spanish society in the face of the current problems and even
that it became the motive to demand that our country should resemble and
work like this group of young men," the ABC newspaper said.
South Africa 2010: 32 teams, 32 stories
FIFA
<http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1272292/>
The 2010 FIFA World Cup made history at the beginning as the first finals
hosted in Africa and at the end with Spain becoming just the eighth team
to win football's ultimate prize. In between, the world was exposed to
South Africa like never before all the while being treated to one of the
most balanced FIFA World Cups in recent memory.
Also a first, both teams from the previous Final failed to advance from
the first round, as Italy and France crashed out in dramatic fashion.
Fancied Brazil and Argentina were also eliminated earlier than many
expected, as Uruguay and three European sides made up the last four. Join
FIFA.com for a look at the 32 teams that came together to make South
Africa 2010 a pageant of football.
The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.
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