How is it that when a team only wins by a goal, late in­ the match they are suddenly overrated? Give credit to­ the South Africans today, they came out and played to­ win and not try to take the game to penalties. South­ Africa played their @#$% off and lost by a very good­ free kick and not because they had been outplayed. If­ putting up big numbers against lesser quality teams is­ the measure than all top teams are overrated because­ none of them consistently dominate a lesser opponent.­ Isn't it more the nature of the sport where you­ can't expect the goals to flow anytime? You only­ have to look at the World Cup stats from 1930, the­ average number of goals over the more than 700 matches­ is less than 3. Like it has been said by many people,­ you don't have to be the best team in the World,­ you only need to be the best team on the day.

No surprise,Brazil are like this. They typically play­ their best football against better teams. Never thought­ I'd say this but the final should be very­ interesting. Would not be surprised if USA pull off a­ victory but thanks to Spain, Brazil will not­ underestimate the Americans.

RIP the King Of Pop...so long Michael

Brazil over rated just like many so called top teams in­ the world
(including Spain).
South Africa need to spend­ more time on their shooting skills coz they got game or­ even better recruit strikers. Yep I am South African­ and BOOOOOOOOOOOth will always be our BOOOOOOOOOOOOOth­ because we love him and for Keith's info, he is­ married to a African (black)lady

Brazil are over rated, end of story.

Brazil got the best right-backs in the World. Actualy.

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Keith, you can choose to believe whatever you want,­ that is up to you, but a credible explanation has been­ given by others. I know from my several years of­ following football that the South Africans are­ passionate about their football heroes. Way back in the­ mid 90's, they had Moshoeshu (pardon my spelling),­ whenever he got the ball, the stadium always roared­ "Shoeeeeeeeee" and even went on to bring­ shoes to the stadium which they raised in appreciation­ of his immense skills - he was a black player. Also,­ there was another defender who even went to play for­ Bolton Wanderers in the premiership, Mark Fish, he was­ an idol of the fans Whenever he touched the ball, the­ fans would roared "Fishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and­ would raised up some plastic fish - he was a white­ player. So, this is not the first time that a player is­ so singled out by the fans. I am not a South African­ but I know this. I think it will be better to accept­ reasonable answers to questions you don't know­ rather than fanning the ember of rascism. We are­ learning to accept our differences in Africa through­ mutual respect.

We'll see about Sunday. If the US play as they did­ against Spain then Brazil will be hard pressed to find­ a result.

michael jackson has died..dang dude

Michael Jackson has died..WTF dude

BRAZIL DID NOT DESERVE IT TO GO THROUGH TO THE FINALS.­ IT JUST SHOWS, TAKE THE GAME TO THEM, STOP THERE SMART­ PASSES AND THEY ARE OUTRIGHT ORDINARY!
COME ON­ USA!!!!!!!!!!! DO THE UNTHINKABLE.
I KNOW YOU'RE­ MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE THE UNDERDOGS, BUT MAN YOU CAN­ DEFINITELY TAKE BRAZIL TO THE WIRE!

LMAO, you guys have got it all wrong, sorry to­ dissapoint the sceptics but the South African fans­ "booing" are actually cheering on the player.­ I'm a South African who attended the­ match(fantastic, btw). The player's name in Matthew­ Booth, the "boo" you hear is in fact the fans­ calling "BOOOOOTTHHH". Lol, no racism guys,­ he's a crowd favourite, read up the sensation the­ "boo" has caused on google or whatever.