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j4 brings South Africa 2010 to its rightful end:

I heard there was an awful sound
that echoed all the world around
Well, you don't really care for music, do ya?

It goes like this:
HOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN-
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNKK
The football fans all blowing vuvuzelas
Vuvuzela, vuvuzela...

Not really sure how Nigel de Jong didn't get a red card for leaving his footprint on Xabi Alonso's chest.  I didn't mind the rough game, as there was plenty of good soccer in between the yellow cards, with many (sometimes badly) missed chances for both teams.  In the end, Fábregas makes the assist for Iniesta's goal thanks to several lucky bounces in the preceding plays, plus Heitinga's inability to defend his field position while sitting in the locker room.  Spain's Kardiac Kids struck again with the fourth 1-0 game in a row, with the goal being scored with 27, 7, 17, and 4 minutes to go in the game.  Their midfield play was amazing, but they never seemed to get it together in the box as often as you'd've thought (but, clearly, often enough).  No other team seemed to have the wingers to make Capdevila and Ramos pay for their incessant play upfield (although Robben came very close), but Spain was so stout in the middle that it barely mattered.  Spain won in part because they made Kuyt irrelevant, and in part because van Persie was irrelevant all Cup long.

And now, the long wait for Brazil qualifiers.

Comments

[adb-jaeger.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope that either

a) Brazil declares vuvuzelas a threat to national security
b) TVs are smart enough in 2014 that I can download a filter (yeah, yeah, you could sort of do that this year........)

I *really* missed being able to hear the chants from the fans. There were a few times during ENG/GER you could hear them (mostly I figured because there were enough actual team fans there, as opposed to horn blowing idiots).

[omnot.livejournal.com]

The one constructive(?) thing my household has gotten out of the 2010 world cup is the new and evocative epithet "Vuvuzela-bum!" for anyone who breaks wind audibly or, of course, for anyone they want to insult.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

You have finally proposed a cover of "Hallelujah" that may be worth listening to again.

Rufus Wainright

[skippy-fluff.livejournal.com]

is now stuck in my head. Of course, Shrek was a notorious vuvuzela-bum.