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Spain – World Champions (essential Spanish)

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Of course, Paul “El Pulpo” correctly predicted it and they were favourites before the tournament began. But is has still been a historical achievement that ”La Roja” has lived up to the expectations. For the next four years -and for the first time- , Spain can call itself “campeones del mundo“, something that has been wildly celebrated throughout Spain.

This Spanish team is to a certain extend an extension of the successes of F.C. Barcelona whose players made up the vast majority of the team. The new Barca player David “el guaje” Villa especially enjoyed a very successful tournament whereas Fernando “el niño” Torres had a very disappointing time. Three new Barca players made a very successful debut on an international level: Sergio Busquets (yet to get a nick name), Pedro Rodriguez (simply known as “Pedro”) and Gerard Pique (often referred to as “Piquenbauer”).

In addition to an excellent David Villa, the goalkeeping captain Iker Cassillas can look back at an excellent championship although he appeared to be more in the press for his romance with a very attractive sports presenter called Sara Carbonero than for his excellent saves. That leaves two of the best players without whom neither FC Barcelona nor La Roja would be the same: Xavi Hernández, possibly the best “centrocampista” of the decade and Andres “Don Blanco” Iniesta who has the knack to score very, very important goals when they are most needed.

There was much to do in South Africa about the new “balón” that appeared to have some rules of its own and most football lovers hope that sanity will win over commercialism for the next world cup. There was also a lot of controvery about refereeing decisions where millions of TV viewers did see “fuera de juegos” that the referee did not. Most of us will also be glad to see -or better hear- the last of the vuvuzela that drove players, commentators and audiences mad.

Regardless of these controversies, everyone agrees that Spain is the righful winner of the tournament and with tens of thousands of Spanish “banderas” hanging from balconies, the people here all agree.