Spain: 2010 FIFA World Cup Champoins

The exciting final took place last Sunday and Spain deservedly became the champion for the first time...just one of a few occasions that football proved to be fair game. Once again, I leave to the words of my favorite experts on the final:

Alan Hansen
BBC pundit on Match of the Day
Anyone with the best interests of football at heart would have been overjoyed to see Spain beat the Netherlands to lift the World Cup.

Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Match of the Day
Not only were Spain easily the best team on the night, but they were also without question the best team in the entire World Cup.

Lee Dixon
Former England defender on Match of the Day

You have to put a performance on at this stage in the tournament but it was probably the worst defensive team performance I've seen. Quite frankly we were awful and we got ripped to pieces.

Graham Taylor
Former England manager on BBC Radio 5 live

Right from the start there was only one team who really wanted to win this match and that was Spain. So their victory over the Netherlands was a victory for football.

Mike Ingham
BBC chief football correspondent
The good news is that Spain are the champions and worthy champions, but the bad news is the biggest match in the world was soiled and stained and betrayed by the Netherlands.

Clarence Seedorf
Former Netherlands international on Match of the Day
I'm bitterly disappointed for the Netherlands but, based on the 30 minutes of extra time, Spain were the worthy winners.

Chris Waddle
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 live

You associate beautiful football with the Netherlands and that was the first time I have ever seen them play like that.