2010 FIFA World Cup Awards

The World Cup has ended, and Holland are once again runners-up in the final. Oh, and Spain are champions.

So here are some awards for this year's World Cup:

Top Five Teams of the Tournament

1. Uruguay—Every knockout game (and the third place playoff) was pure entertainment.

2. New Zealand—They were amateurs yes, but Gods too after a heroic three-game campaign, which included drawing 1-1 against the mighty Italians.

3. Germany—Was it Brazil playing in white? With their flair and counter-attacking football, you could have sworn that you were seeing something brilliant. And their future's bright (or white), too...

4. Spain—They won the World Cup by the way!

5. Argentina—Diego Maradona had his team playing some champagne football. We loved every minute of seeing the blue-and-whites play. Pity about the defending though...

Biggest Disappointments (Teams) of the Tournament

1. Italy—The 2006 WC winners went from hero to zero by exiting during the first round.

2. France—Did they actually play three games?

3. England—The usual story: promised much, delivered little.

4. Brazil—They played unattractive football and received no sympathy from anybody when they lost to the Dutch.

5. Ivory Coast—Much was promised but little was gained from the Ivorians, who were awful against Portugal and even worse against Brazil.

Player of the Tournament

Diego Forlan (Uruguay)—As others struggled, he was a magician with the Jabulani.

(Special mention to Argentina's Carlos Tevez, Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Spain's David Villa)

Manager of the Tournament

Diego Maradona (Argentina)—Best. Manager. Ever (For many wrong and right reasons).

Game of the Tournament

Ghana 2, Uruguay 2—Both sides battered each other and it was a pity that penalties won. A superb save from Uruguay striker Suarez stopped Ghana from winning at the death, and Ghana's missed penalty was horrible. Both sides should be proud of themselves.

(Also great: Germany 3-2 Uruguay, Germany 4-0 Argentina, Slovakia 3-2 Italy, Holland 2-1 Brazil, and USA 2-2 Slovenia)

Wish We'd Had a Bet On....

Spain's Fernando Torres, England's Wayne Rooney, and Argentina's Lionel Messi NOT scoring during the World Cup. The odds would probably have been 100-1.

Goalkeeping Screw-Up of the Tournament

Robert Green against the USA. We're still trying to work out what happened

(Special mention to Paraguay's keeper Justo Villar against Italy)

Controversial Moments of the Tournament

1. The Jabulani: The fact that every team had not used the World Cup ball for the same length of time was a continual horrible moment for FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

2. Frank Lampard's "goal" against Germany not being given, despite the ball being well over the line. Goal line technology, anyone?

3. Argentina's "offside" goal against Mexico was miles offside—even the replay guy saw it!

4. FIFA's Alcohol Rule: If booze is banned from seats in stadia, then how come we saw so many fans drinking during games?

We Wish We Could Ban...

Vuvuzelas. They destroyed any chanting from different sets of fans, and were a constant buzzing in all of our ears—and it was constantly unappreciated. Please God, please ban them from all English football grounds before August.

Thanks for everything, South Africa. Hope to see you and your fans sometime soon.