South Africa boss Carlos Alberto Parreira has swept aside any concerns over the twin terrors of the World Cup 2010 finals so far – the vuvuzelas and adidas Jabulani ball – and said that his players are used to both, ahead of their crucial game against Uruguay on Wednesday in Pretoria.
Many players and fans have complained about the vuvuzelas’ noise level and said that they made playing and attending the games extremely unbearable and unenjoyable, while the Jabulani ball has come under intense criticism with many laying the blame on it for the lack of goals and goalkeeper blunders in the 2010 World Cup finals so far.
However, the South Africa team absolutely love both the items in question and Parreira claims that they should be tolerated and embraced as part of the local culture and the sport.
“We love both. We love the vuvuzelas, it’s part of our culture and we are used to them, we should keep going with them,” Parriera said.
“We have no complaints with the ball, we’ve been training with it since March, so the players are more than accustomed to it and we have no problems.
“I understand that some people and some players have a problem with it but we’ve had no problems with the vuvuzelas or the balls.”
Parreira believes that the low scoring games so far in the tournament in South Africa have more to do with early nerves and tension experienced by teams, and that the competition will warm up once the players start to settle into the mindset and conditioning required.
“I believe it’s too early to make a judgement,” explained Parreira.
“Teams are going to grow during the tournament, there is a lot of tension, for both the big teams and the small.
“The World Cup really starts in the round of 16.
“I think it’s too early, one round is not enough to make a judgement about the World Cup. As the tournament progresses I believe the standard will be much better.”
The Jabulani has been criticised but Germany players who have trained with it for six months showed little side effects as they beat Australia 4-0 in their opening game, while the latest complain over the tournament being staged in South Africa has been the high altitude venues which players are claiming to be unplayable.
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