The Bafana Bafana South Africa national football team coached by Carlos Alberto Parreira opened the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign against the Mexico national football team coached by Javier Aguirre in an entertaining opener that ended in a 1-1 draw.

The match opened in front of a 91, 000 plus crowd at Johannesburg – JSC stadium on a hot Friday evening after an array of entertainment at the opening ceremony. South African President Jacob Zuma declared the World Cup open a few minutes to 16hrs GMT.

South Africa’s Bafana Bafana had to rely on the superb hands of goalkeeper Itumeleng KHUNE in the 1^st half to dent an ambitious Mexico team which was pouring everything at the South Africans.

Mexican forward Carlos VELA had his 38^th minute goal disallowed for offside despite a South Africa player being in the goal beyond the goal line. But the Mexicans who were far better than the South Africans failed to convert many of the chances they got.

Siphiwe TSHABALALA1 scored a stunner in Wolrd Cup opening match

The South Africans did punish them for that as they came back with purpose and got rewarded with a goal by Siphiwe TSHABALALA who routed a superb left goal in the right corner of the Mexico goal, as Mexican goalkeeper Oscar PEREZ was superbly beaten by the local Kaiser Chiefs forward.

South Africa missed two good chances with the Mexican Goal keeper to beat in the mid of the second half when they enjoyed good possession. They sure came to rue the missed chances as the Mexicans who were always pressing got a well deserved goal in the 80^th minute courtesy of Andres GUARDADO.

South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira made several changes including substituting the instrumental Steven PIENAAR, but the South Africans failed to make any impact on the results. Even a 89 minute superb chance by Katlego MPHELA ended hitting the goals post and returning to field.

Both teams will feel this is a good result, given that they both had good chances to beat each other, though it is a bad start for both teams as they have given the chance for a lead to their Group A counterparts France or Uruguay who play at Durban later today.

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Carlos Vela of Mexico

The Bafana Bafana South Africa national football team coached by Carlos Alberto Parreira opened the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign againt the Mexico national football team coached by Javier Aguirre.

The match opened in front of a 91, 000 plus crowd at Johannesburg – JSC stadium on a hot Friday evening after an array of entertainment at the opening ceremony. South African President Jacob Zuma declared the World Cup open a few minutes to 16hrs GMT.

South Africa’s Bafana Bafana had to rely on the superb hands of goalkeeper Itumeleng KHUNE in the 1^st half to dent an ambitious Mexico team which was pouring everything at the South Africans.

Mexican forward Carlos VELA had his 38^th minute goal disallowed for offside despite a South Africa player being in the goal beyond the goal line. But the Mexicans who were far better than the South Africans failed to convert many of the chances they got.

While the south Africans have to be commended for withstanding the pressure from the Mexico team, the Bafana Bafana will need to do more in the second half if they are to give the Rainbow nation and Africa in general a good start to the 2010 FIFA world cup.

By Ultimate Media

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Zuma and Blatter

Below is table of the Fixtures of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the latest results of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Note that all times are Local South Africa time i.e. GMT+2

Group A

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
1	11/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JSC		South Africa	1-  1	Mexico
2	11/06 20:30	Cape Town		Uruguay	0     0	France
17	16/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		South Africa		Uruguay
18	17/06 20:30	Polokwane		France		Mexico
33	22/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Mexico		Uruguay
34	22/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		France		South Africa

Group B

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
3	12/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Argentina	1-   0	Nigeria
4	12/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Korea Republic	2     0	Greece
19	17/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Greece		Nigeria
20	17/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Argentina		Korea Republic
35	22/06 20:30	Durban		Nigeria		Korea Republic
36	22/06 20:30	Polokwane		Greece		Argentina

Group C

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
5	12/06 20:30	Rustenburg		England	1-   1	USA
6	13/06 13:30	Polokwane		Algeria	0-  1	Slovenia
22	18/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovenia		USA
23	18/06 20:30	Cape Town		England		Algeria
37	23/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Slovenia		England
38	23/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		USA		Algeria

Group D

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
7	13/06 20:30	Durban		Germany	4-    0	Australia
8	13/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		Serbia	0-    1	Ghana
21	18/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Germany		Serbia
24	19/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Ghana		Australia
39	23/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Ghana		Germany
40	23/06 20:30	Nelspruit		Australia		Serbia

Group E

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
9	14/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Netherlands	2-   0	Denmark
10	14/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Japan	1-   0	Cameroon
25	19/06 13:30	Durban		Netherlands		Japan
26	19/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Cameroon		Denmark
43	24/06 20:30	Rustenburg		Denmark		Japan
44	24/06 20:30	Cape Town		Cameroon		Netherlands

Group F

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
11	14/06 20:30	Cape Town		Italy	1 –  1	Paraguay
12	15/06 13:30	Rustenburg		New Zealand	1-  1	Slovakia
27	20/06 13:30	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Slovakia		Paraguay
28	20/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Italy		New Zealand
41	24/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovakia		Italy
42	24/06 16:00	Polokwane		Paraguay		New Zealand

Group G

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
13	15/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Côte d’Ivoire		Portugal
14	15/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Brazil		Korea DPR
29	20/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Brazil		Côte d’Ivoire
30	21/06 13:30	Cape Town		Portugal		Korea DPR
45	25/06 16:00	Durban		Portugal		Brazil
46	25/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Korea DPR		Côte d’Ivoire

Group H

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
15	16/06 13:30	Nelspruit		Honduras		Chile
16	16/06 16:00	Durban		Spain		Switzerland
31	21/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Chile		Switzerland
32	21/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Spain		Honduras
47	25/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Chile		Spain
48	25/06 20:30	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Switzerland		Honduras

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Ultimate Media Senior Sports Reporter Ramathan Kasozi is in South Africa and will together with other South Africa based reporters keep you and us updated about all the matches, results, issues and views at this Africa’s first ever World Cup.

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