So there is no Plan B this time around?

And to put it mildly, I’m not happy, especially at the way FIFA is mum on all this. Leading up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, there was this talk of a Plan B in place in case South Africa failed to deliver on what FIFA had set them. 

The World Cup was to be held in Africa and there was a lot of uneasiness. Many doubted whether Africa, would host a successful World Cup. Up until a few months before the showpiece, there was this Plan B talk, and speculation that the Plan B was Australia. As it turned out, South Africa was ready well in time. We, ‘Africa’, hosted a successful World Cup. Everything that FIFA expected was on point and was delivered well on time. Despite the Plan B threats, South Africa, and indeed Africa delivered beyond expectation, making some eat humble pie.