Carles Puyol Yellow Card in World Cup Final 2010
Carles Puyol of Spain gestures during a Spain training session, ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, at Soccer City Stadium on July 10, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Getty Images)more pics »Carles Puyol of Spain got a yellow card in the first 15 minutes of play in the World Cup final today versus the Netherlands. The defender was given the penalty for a meaty challenge on Dutch forward Arjen Robben.
Carles Puyol got a yellow card in the World Cup final today. (Getty)The score remained tied at 0 in the first 20 minutes of play, and neither country has ever won a World Cup, so a lot is on the line for both teams. Spain's David Villa has 5 goals in the tournament so far, so he'll be getting a good amount of play today, while Robin Van Persie for the Netherlands has had a great tournament and will hopefully continue to play well.
The game is supposed to be a great one, and FIFA bosses are hoping it will draw big viewers:
"We don't want to speculate in numbers but we're hoping this will be the biggest [event] ever," Niclas Ericson, FIFA's director of television, said in a press conference (via CNN). "We think it will be bigger than the 2006 World Cup final which had an audience somewhere in the region of around 700 million."
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