Spain's victory against the Netherlands

for the coveted FIFA championship can only be attributed to its

talented team! Would the outcome have been different had Holland

managed to convince one of these talented martial arts students to join

them? We can only wonder!

These amazingly skilled players,

students of China's Shaolin Tagou

Wushu School, were so inspired by the world cup soccer and the 2001

movie Shaolin Soccer that they decided to start their own

soccer team!

Lin Li, the team's 17-year old captain, a big fan of England's former

captain, David Beckham, said he wanted to test to see if their Kung Fu

skills would come in handy to play soccer. As you can see, the team has

innovatively combined the two skills by playing and meditating at the

same time.

Ironically they never had the chance to watch the world cup on

television, thanks to their rigorous schedule - They did however keep

up with the results and catch some highlights on the Internet.

Coached by the center's physical education tutor, Wang Xiaboa, the team trains

for four hours every weekend and hopes to compete with teams from other

martial arts schools soon! We get the feeling that there is a World Cup

lurking in China's future.