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Originally Posted by Kymmy
For the first world cup held in Africa I thought it was a great success and the grounds, infrastructure, security, staff and population did really well..
The only thing to let it down for me were a few of the teams who seemed to play without much spirit.
As for the vuvuzelas once I set the TV sound up correctly it wasn't that much of an issue and as with any constant sound the brain soon tuned it out.
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Yep.
I think many people must realise much of the pessimism about South Africa had very little to do with any genuine concern for visitors, South Africans or the tournament running smoothly. The fact that people seriously expressd concern about South Africa after the Togo bus attacks in Angola speaks volumes.
I doubt we'll be seeing many, if any, apologies or retractions from the people who've done so much scaremongering in the last few years. Some of the stuff was just plain ridiculous and unfortunately some people lapped it up. Countries like Netherlands, USA, Mexico etc etc were fortunate enough not to have parts of the media shoving their agenda down the publics throat and many of their fans in South Africa were virtually oblivious to the sort of stuff the British and German media peddled.
This about sums it up:
http://www.zapiro.com
It'll be interesting to see how the scaremongering goes for Brazil, i'm sure it's already getting started.
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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
And a bloke "looking for the toilet" getting into a teams dressing room. It wasn't great security really, on both occasions it could have been a lot worse due to the lax security.
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A common pitch invader and an unarmed man walking into an area he wasn't authorised to be in, during a month long tournament of 64 matches, 3 million+ spectators, and 9 cities. I think that's harsh at the best of times, let alone considering the doomsday expectations.