He smiles cheekily as he holds it up for the crowds and it gleams in the stadium spotlights. Italian hottie Fabio Cannevaro is carrying the trophy onto the field in itвЂ™s Louis Vuitton case accompanied by a Nubian queen in yellow and black. WeвЂ™ll see if theyвЂ™ll be moving up tonight! Either way, Europe take a 10-9 lead over South American teams to win the title tonight. Spain are second on the ranking, while the Netherlands are in fourth position. Vincent Del Bosque is the Spanish coach, while Bert van Marwijk holds the reins for Holland. Both teams enter to warm up on the pitch вЂ“ Holland is known as the Oranje and Spain as La Roja in reference to the colours of their jerseys. Then pitch preparations start in the build-up to the momentous final. The crowd is on their feet chanting Madiba! Madiba! The biggest surprise of all вЂ“ living icon Nelson Mandela comes onto the pitch at Soccer City. A flag display and then itвЂ™s time to say thank you, thank youВ Africa in every language amidst a joyous cacophany ofВ vuvuzelas. Sophiatown style takes over in an exhuberant explosion that has the stadium roaring. Performers play giant graphic instruments with their bodies, I have never seen anything like this before. The rich sounds of Ladysmith Black Mambazo fill the stadium and an incredible herd of elephant puppets lumber around a large waterhole in the middle of the pitch recreating a spectactular scene from the African savannah. Then, troops of thousands of Field Band performers reveal the collected flags of the participating nations. Spectacular graphics showcase gargantuan images of the World Cup highlights. Thousands of dancers dressed as supporters from all the countries jump to the sounds of Shakira performing This Time for Africa. The stadium lights dim and camera flashes twinkle like millions of stars as jets roar overheadвЂ¦excitement is building to fever pitch and thousands of performers circle the field asВ 84 490В spectators shout the countdown. Both sides have produced someВ astonishing football during their campaigns and have been rewarded with the chance to add their nationвЂ™s names to the select list of former winners: Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France. The 2010 FIFA World Cupв„ў Final sees Netherlands pitting their wits against reigning European champions Spain. Inside the вЂњring of fireвЂќ which encircles the now world-famousВ Calabash stadium giant African character puppets dance and Spanish, Dutch, South African supporters join contingents from every other nation in warming up their vuvuzelas, a trumpeting sound which for now is synonymous with soccer worldwide.ДЄs I look at the aerial shots from the choppers circling the stadium I feel enormously privileged to be inside the bowl of light, about to experience an event being beamed to billions worldwide first hand. IвЂ™m high up in the stands at Soccer City as a blaze of orange and red sets the stands on fire with excitement and anticipation.

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