{"id":2881,"date":"2009-06-20T00:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2009-07-10T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T14:50:17","slug":"vuvuzelas-wont-be-banned-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/world-cup-2010\/vuvuzelas-wont-be-banned-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuvuzelas won’t be banned in 2010!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

Blatter has agreed that it is a noisy instrument, but said:\u00a0 “But that is what African and South African football is all about – noise, excitement, dancing, shouting and enjoyment.\u00a0\u00a0 When we go to South Africa, we go to Africa.\u00a0\u00a0 It is noisy.\u00a0\u00a0 It is something else than in the rest of the world.”<\/p>\n

Spanish star Xabi Alonso said:”That trumpet?\u00a0 It is not nice.\u00a0 \u00a0I think Fifa should ban it.\u00a0 It’s not really distracting, but it’s not a nice sound to hear”, reports The Times<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Alonso was reacting to the vuvuzelas used at Bloemfontein stadium, where its usage is said to have been “restrained” compared to at other stadia\u00a0at which\u00a0the Confederations Cup games are being played.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brazilian Robinho complained about the noise, saying that he could not hear the instructions from his coach when they played the United States.<\/p>\n

A soccer fan\u00a0was quoted\u00a0by USA Today<\/strong>\u00a0in saying that the vuvuzela is\u00a0“a part of my life”.\u00a0 Another said: “This is our voice.\u00a0 We sing through it”!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spanish Santi Cazorla said:”It’s true that they make a lot of noise, but we’ll just have to get used to them”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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:\u00a0 “But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[264,16,18,1489,1575,96,32389,1526,1573,1572,1574],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t