The Spanish Inquisition

Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas has questioned Italian royalty, by suggesting Fabio Capello's goalkeeper choices aren't world class enough. Casillas suggested that all goalkeepers partaking in this years competition must have played at Champions League level. Casillas belives that only the players from the very best teams in the world should participate in the world cup, and this promotion of elitism is not really what you want. Something to consider, Iker; Valdes is your number 2, despite being the goalkeeper for arguably the best team in the world. How does that work then? Dispicable behavior.

On the injury front, which could now become a regular segment, more names can be added to the ever growing list of world cup doubts; Valon Behrami of Switzerland and Martin Skrtel of Slovakia are the big names to be hit by a violent case of "World Cup Fever", a medical condition that attacks only the big names of participating countries. Famous cases of the fever in history include Wayne Rooney in 2006, David Beckham in 2002 and Bryan Robson in 1986 and 1990. There are no doubt a slurry of other injurys, yet considering these two players play for some of the more famous clubs, West Ham United and Liverpool respectively, it seems they've grasped the limelight.

And finally, the designers of the world cup ball, titled the "Jabulani", have defended the controversial football, claiming "the air is to blame. who let you in?"
The team behind the ball told World Cup Willie "We took a conventional balloon, and tried sanding it down so it was round, and didn't have a bobble at the bottom of it. This experiment proved unsuccessful, as the balloon kept popping, despite the promises of the manufacturer. Adidas then cut our funding, so we bought a shed load of those balls you can win at school raffles and suff, you know, the ones that are essensially a balloon covered in rubber and plastic. We then covered those in paper mache, and sent in to Adidas HQ. Then it got chosen to be used at the world cup.
We thought we surpassed ourselves with this ball, but we never expected the reaction to it. When Frank Lampard says somethings wrong, you know you've done bad." The spokesperson then broke down into tears, and we left without making too much of a disturbance.

Thats all for today, follow us on twitter at WorldCupWillie1 for breaking news as it happens, and score updates during the tournament. And don't forget there will be videos on the youtube channel soon, and myself and the team are discussing the possiblity of a podcast. Some really exciting stuff is happening at the moment, and I hope you stick along for the ride.

(Most of the stuff here is real. Quotes and stuff aren't.)