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and Lows

The final The 'Golden Generation' of English football The ending of Robert Green's international career My only winning world cup bet..... 0-0 Correct Score vs Algeria Portugal's desire to beat the opposition 0-0 (unless they were called N Korea) Brazil's implosion after conceding a goal against the Dutch. Now regretting we were deprived a Brazil - Spain match Yakubu's miss from 1.2 yards in the final group game. One of the best ever A whole bunch of over-hyped players failing to shine Jubilani / Goalkeeping. One of them is to blame.... we may never know which The final (sorry, I just can't shake the disappointment and anger at the Dutch assault.... )

Highs

10 great things about SA 2010: Shabalala's opening goal of the tournament Blanco storming the pitch for Mexico at the grand age of 73 (or something like that) Messi in the opening group games, setting up almost all of his team's goals France's incredible implosion and footage captured all on tv Landon Donovan's last minute winner for the US. One of the teams to actually bring drama to this world cup. The best free kicks coming from Japan, in the same game... vs Denmark German destruction of England and Argentina Ridiculous late drama from Gyan's missed penalty My world cup beard... it lasted the whole tournament... reached impressive levels Alexi Lalas

Empty

So there it is.... they think it's all over... it is now... Back to life, impending parenthood and the like. Back to talking to the wife about more than the passing carousel. A pointless game turned out to be one of the games of the tournament, very entertaining, and in Diego Forlan , you have no complaints about the man winning the golden ball. His endless energy and creative impact just not quite enough to get past the Germans, who did admittedly approach the game a little bit like a kick about, but after the war of attrition over the last month, 2 teams not bothering to really try to defend properly, was quite refreshing. Probably most telling in his clinching of the player of the tournament award was the fact Forlan was not involved in one of the worst finals of all time. I feel cheated. What was supposed to be the greatest show on earth turned out to be on a par with Leeds v Millwall . Clearly, I'm not delusional enough to expect a 5-4 ageless classic, but what I didn'