Well, now we know Adidas' Jabulani (Happiness) is the new Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Match
Ball and it was carried on to the stage at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last night
by South Africa's Oscar winning star, Charlize Theron.
Jabulani 11 Colours
Jabulani has 11 colors honouring each of South Africa's eleven official languages, the 11 match
ball, and the 11 players on the field.
The coaches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup teams have started arriving in South Africa ahead of
Friday's final draw.
The much-anticipated draw will determine the groups and matches for the tournament's first round
and everybody wants to avoid the legendary "group of death."
Diego Maradona was Banned
All but one of the 32 coaches will attend the event Argentina's controversial Diego Maradona was
banned.
It seems to happen every time, no matter how they do the final draw – there always is a group
of death. This is when more big-name contenders are placed in a group than there are places in the
knockout rounds.
One Group with Many Favourites
We have seen that previous World Cup draws have almost always thrown up at least one section
brimming with pre-tournament favourites, and when after the first phase, is over, one or two of
them invariably find themselves packing for home.
Well we know how the Final Draw turned out – terrible for South Africa but here are the groups
for the 2010 World Cup, in case anyone doesn't know yet. And the Official Match Schedule.
France and Uruguay are two former World Cup winners and Mexico is known as a very strong team,
but South Africa will have to rely on the wide experience of coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and the
passion and skill of Bafana Bafana if we want to avoid the humiliation of becoming the first host
team in World Cup history to get knocked out in the first round.
