Sam Wallace: In a year of World Cup misery at least Bale's brilliance gave us something to smile about

Category: Football

Publish Date: 12-26-2010 07:00 PM -0500

Sadly, it will be the bad stuff for which we remember 2010: England's dismal performance in South Africa, the failure of the 2018 World Cup bid, the success of Qatar's 2022 bid. You can blame Sepp Blatter for most of life's annoyances but the limitations of Fabio Capello's team were not his fault. This was not a vintage year but it had its moments.

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