The opening goal of the WC2010 may go down as one of the best. Tshabalala scores a beauty for the hosts.South Africa 1-1 Mexico
(click on links for vids of goals)
55' Tshabalala -------------------------
---------------------------------------- 79' Rafael Marquez
Bafana Bafana looked to carry the weight of the continent on their shoulders as lined up for the national anthems, and for the first half of the match their form matched their expressions: stiff and joyless. Mexico's nifty passing created a multitude of chances yet El Tri were unable to capitalize. In the second half, the hosts got their legs under them and opened the scoring with Tshabalala's (best name of tournament?) scorcher. Mexico did not maintain their first half poise, but managed the equalizer during a breakdown in the South African defense. All in all a fair result in what was a game of two halves.
Uruguay 0-0 France
No goals in what was a chippy and disjointed first match for the rest of Group A.
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