So the first day of the African World Cup is finally over?
I am yet to hear medical reports of deafness amongst the close to 90000 people at the Soccer City in Soweto but I sincerely did not envy the Mexicans.
Playing in the middle of close to 90000 vuvuzelas can never be easy for anybody except maybe the South Africans but after 1-1, the Mexicans must feel like they won the game.
A bit of sad news for the Patriarch, Nelson Mandela as he lost his great granddaughter on the eve of the opening ceremony as she was involved in an accident on her way home from the concert.
That will most definitely bring more sadness than joy in some homes.
Now back to the opening game, I believe the South Africans have finally shown that they can play football, just that they simply do not know how to score.
We saw then outplay their opponents at the Cup of Nations in Ghana two years ago but returned home early.
We also saw them out play all their opponents in the Cup of Nations qualifiers yet fail to qualify.
But the South Africans played some pretty football against Mexico (with the help of the noisy vuvuzelas though) and must not fancy their chances of making it to the next stage of the competition.
I really like this South African team. Inexperienced, green horns and not spoiled by Europe.
I hope they get to the quarter finals.
The game between France and Uruguay was a real bore.
In fact like they say, watching wet paint dry would have been more interesting than the football on display.
But at least we lived through it and really tried not to fall asleep hoping we will at least see a goal or two.
Ooops, I slept off. How did it end? Goaless? I’m certainly not surprised about it.
What cant FIFA just ban these two sides? Why?
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