grown men to tears. soccer surprises were the order of the day. italy returned home disgraced. favorite brazil were knocked out by the dutch. ghana became the heros of africa. but some things never change. there was no escaping the deck be cade s old germany/england rivalry. for south africa, the hosts of the event, it was a huge success, rather than the security nightmare that critics had predicted. the world cup is officially now our legacy. for the first time africa has hosted. that will be in our history books forever. reporter: today s ceremony will headline shakira who s been bitten by the football bug. everything i want to talk about every day is about football. i never in my life imagined i would go straight to the sports section. reporter: the octopus now has arrival, a psychic parakeet, backing opposie ining sides to
huge success rather than the security nightmare that they had predicted. the world cup is now officially ours for the first time. that will be in our history books forever. reporter: today s closing ceremony will headline sha ceer ya, who s also been bitten by the bug. everything i want to talk about is about football and i really never in my life imagined i would go straight to the sports section. meanwhile the octopus has a rival. a psychic parakeet. with the octopus putting his money on spain, dutch fans are unimpressed. absolutely no. it s going to be calamari tonight. reporter: the fans turn out to watch these two world-class teams battle it out. whatever the outcome of today s big max, alex, the real champs are the south after friday can hosts. they ve raised the bar really high for brazil when they host