Students at South East High School anticapate Fifa World Cup 2010

The Fifa World Cup only occurs every four years. In 2010 followers will be able to attend another world cup. Teams from every corner of the globe will play in this tournament. There has been 19 world cups so far but, the World Cup of 2010 will be the 20th. Every soccer fan eagerly await the start.

Fifa is one of the most entertaining tournaments in the world for soccer fans. According to the World Cup History Organization, “The first WC ever organized was in 1930 in Uruguay. At that time only 13 teams’ participated and now 32 teams participate. Urugauy was the first to have won the cup” The World Cup was canceled in 1942 and 1946 due to World War 2.

There are teams like Denmark, Mexico, Holland, Brazil, and Argentina. There are players like Cristano Ronaldo from Portugal, Wayne Rooney from England, Fernando Torres from Spain, Lionel Messi from Argentina, and Frank Ribery from France.Some people will think the World Cup of 2010 will be an amazing tournament and will bring people from other countries together to support their nation.

The World cup of 2010 will take place in South Africa. There will be many stadiums including Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg which are important because of their size and location. The stadiums of South Africa are high class. All of the stadiums will have a capacity over 40,000. According to Fifa, “There will be 10 stadiums available in the World Cup of 2010. These stadiums are Green point with capacity of 70,000, Durban 70,000, Ellis Park 61,000, Soccer 94, 700, Free State 48, 000, Nelson Mandela 48,000, Mbombela 46,000, Peter Mokaba 46, 000, Royal Bafokeng 42, 000, and Loftus Versfeld 50,000.

Mr. Marangopoulos an Algebra teacher at South East high School said that, “The Government of South Africa did a good job in making the big and nice stadiums, hotels and resorts”. By doing such things more people will visit and would want to stay there forever. The stadiums, hotels, and resorts aren’t why people really want to come they want to come to see. They want to come see the beautiful game-play that soccer offers.

People from all over the globe might go to South Africa or watch the games from their home. With teams such as Holland, England, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, and France playing each other will create a spectacular game. Marangopoulos said, “I really like Greece because I grew up there, but I would have to say Holland is the best team of all because there form of playing and their ability of scoring goals.” There are teams like Algeria, Slovakia, and Slovenia that haven’t made it in a world cup for over 50 years or never in their history make it to one.

Others think differently. Cuauhtémoc Cibrian a freshman at SEHS says England has the best team because of their high winning rate and the way each player treats the ball. The teams make up the tournament but the players create the team.

There are thousands of hundreds of soccer players around the world and the best of each country gets called to the selection. There are some players that are good such as Frank Ribery, Thierry Henry, Fernando Torres, Karim Benzema, Cristano Ronaldo, and Andres Iniesta. All of these players are the stars of their country. Mr. M said “I love the way Ronaldinho from brazil plays soccer because he runs fast, has good ball control, he is an amazing finisher, and he is never afraid to pass the ball.” Cibrian thinks that “Giovani Dos Santos is a great player because he has good dribbling and ball control.” There are always some soccer players that are better than others such as these that were mentioned. The soccer players are what make the teams look good.

The World Cup is to prove which team is the best. When a country wins the cup it is something that will never be forgotten by the players and there fans. Soccer fans want the World Cup to start and they want their team to be the best and beat the rest.

Have you been to Big Bear?

Emmanuel Delgado a student at South East High School has recently been to Big Bear during winter break. "I playedd with the snow with my family at Big Bear" Delgado said. "The weather was really cold, I had to wear gloves or they would turn purple" Delgado added. Delgado also said he and his brother were throwing snow balls at each other and he got him in the head. "My siser built a cool snow man" Delgado added. "I want to get back next winter break" Delgado concluded.