Ben Hardinge is one of our football writers, and a freelance journalist after graduating with a 2:1 in BA (Hons) Sports Journalism. Ben is a huge Pompey fan and regularly plays 11aside and 5aside football, making him a great candidate for our boot testing. He likes football, music and FIFA 10, and wears a size 9 boot. He is currently sporting the Nike T90 Laser III football boots.
The second day of the IBSA World Blind Football Championship, saw Columbia draw 0-0 with Japan, defending champions Argentina lost to a late goal from France, and Brazil took on China in the final game of the day.
The youthful but strong Germans were seen off by European Champions Spain beat them in the second Semi-Final. A Carles Puyol header saw Spain through to the World Cup 2010 final to play Holland.
The first of the two Semi-Finals of South Africa 2010 saw five goals during the match between Holland and Uruguay, and two sensational strikes in the first-half! Plus more Ransacker awards!
A big day for the European teams as Argentina crashed out of the competition as Germany dominated with a 4-0 win over Maradona’s men, whilst European Champions Spain kept to their consistency with a solid 1-0 victory over Paraguay!
Spain will face Paraguay in the final Quarter-Final after Paraguay took it to penalties before beating Japan, and Spain clinched a 1-0 win over Portugal to knock out Cristiano Ronaldo’s men!
Holland will meet Brazil in the Quarter-Finals after the Dutch dominated with a 2-1 win over Slovakia, whereas QF opponents Brazil brushed aside Chile with a convincing 3-0 victory.