FIFA has announced that South Africa’s favourite soccer noisemaker, the plastic vuvuzela “trumpet”, will not be banned for the 2010 World Cup, despite heavy criticism of the noise it makes from journalists and players currently attending the Confederations Cup games in South Africa.
Blatter has agreed that it is a noisy instrument, but said: “But that is what African and South African football is all about – noise, excitement, dancing, shouting and enjoyment. When we go to South Africa, we go to Africa. It is noisy. It is something else than in the rest of the world.”
Spanish star Xabi Alonso said:”That trumpet? It is not nice. I think Fifa should ban it. It’s not really distracting, but it’s not a nice sound to hear”, reports The Times. Alonso was reacting to the vuvuzelas used at Bloemfontein stadium, where its usage is said to have been “restrained” compared to at other stadia at which the Confederations Cup games are being played.
Brazilian Robinho complained about the noise, saying that he could not hear the instructions from his coach when they played the United States.
A soccer fan was quoted by USA Today in saying that the vuvuzela is “a part of my life”. Another said: “This is our voice. We sing through it”!
Spanish Santi Cazorla said:”It’s true that they make a lot of noise, but we’ll just have to get used to them”.
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