This Fifa World Cup Season, Dive Into The Cup Of Joy!

By Author: Kirthy Shetty
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The FIFA World Cup 2010 brings with it a month long festival of hope and despair, victory and loss, but most of all, a celebration of spirit, unity and sportsmanship. This year's cup will showcase the 19th avatar of the FIFA World Cup.

Back in December 2009, in a majority bid from mostly African nations, South Africa trumped fellow African nations Morocco and Egypt to seal the host status for the 2010 version of the event. Thus, creating history not only for the Rainbow nation themselves but also for Africa. Never before was the cup hosted in Africa.

After a few controversial eliminations, a total of 32 teams qualified for the finals of the 2010 world cup. As is the rule with FIFA, defending champions are not automatically given a berth at the finals. Instead, Italy, champions of 2006, also had to participate in the qualification leading up to the finals. Host countries on the other hand qualify automatically for the finals. Of the 204 countries that participated in the world cup qualifiers, 32 nations succeeded in their quest to be a part of the sporting spectacle.

Football fanatics have a lot of passion ...
... for the game. They find the most unique way to express their support of their teams. This includes dawning face paint of the country they support. This is much like the tribesmen who dawn war paint to intimidate their opponents. Other fans get their hands on exclusive team jerseys and merchandise of their favourite teams.

In addition to original team jerseys, the online stores also stock up on replica jerseys of your favourite football teams. Show your support for your star player with t-shirts featuring his name. Star players such as Brazil's Kaka and Argentina's Messi have a large fan following. Get hold of t-shirts featuring their names and flaunt them flawlessly.

Many a football fans prefer a bit of nostalgia and to feed this, they stock up coffee table books, videos and DVDs of their favourite stars. For many, the football fever finally gets them off their couches and injects their daily schedules with the willingness to get out and play. Some prefer playing and joining professional coaching centres and others who don't have the time for the rigors of training, just catch up on the best way to kick a ball through videos and virtual coaching videos.

These football merchandise and collectibles are without doubt the pride of any football fanatic. So if you are one, or if you love one, get yourself one. Be a part of the football mania this season. This season get your football basics tight and make sure that you are ready for the next edition of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Kirthy Shetty, Platinum Author.
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