Bafana Bafana Delight Home Crowd While Les Blues Stumble to Unimpressive Draw

Game 1: South Africa 1-1 Mexico

South Africa got off to a decent start with a draw against a slightly fancied Mexico. Mexico got off to a good start with Giovanni Dos Santos their most dangerous player in the first half an hour. Mexico dominated play in the beginning but then fizzled out towards the end of the first half. South Africa impressed in the second half especially through counter attacks and went ahead through Siphiwe Tshabalala's superb strike into the top corner. They went on to miss 2 good chances before bad defending led to Rafael Marquez's equaliser. South Africa nearly snatched a win in the end but Katlego Mphela's effort on the 90th minute was unlucky to hit the outside of Mexico's goalpost. Decent result for the hosts but not a favourable one for Mexico as they face the French next. Man of the Match: Giovanni Dos Santos

Game 2: Uruguay 0-0 France

A drab draw in the end and in my opinion a very poor performance from the 2006 finalists. Played at a very slow pace especially in the second half. Franck Ribery had a very disappointing game by his standards. Uruguay organized their defence pretty well and Diego Forlan looked good throughout the match. Had a man sent off towards the end but managed to hold on for the draw. France need to do a whole lot better against Mexico if they are to progress to the next round while Uruguay need to find that killer instinct in their final attacking third of the field if they are to beat the hosts next. Man of the Match: Diego Forlan