Quote Originally Posted by SwedishBaggie View Post
Hardly the best team of the whole tournament won, though. Going into the semis Côte d’Ivoire had played 5 games: 1 win, 2 draws (won at pens and AET), 2 defeats and GD 4-7.
That's certainly true but they also improved greatly both in the semi-final and then the final. That said, more favoured teams like Nigeria and DR Congo performed poorly whilst, on the other hand, lowly rated South Africa were probably the surprise of the tournament (helped in no small measure by goalkeeper Ronwen Williams!)