Great start to the CUP!

Well we expected a good first match; we got a great one. Both South Africa and Mexico played out an absolute thriller. Not a goal scoring thriller, mind you, but a football match is mostly measured by the number of chances each team produces and both teams produced chances aplenty. Both teams played aggressively wanting to win which is the way The Beautiful Game needs to be played. Both teams were however found out at the quality of (or rather the lack of) marksmenship and several chances were gone a begging. Though Mexico had the better of the ball possession South Africa had the better of the chances. Mexico played in their traditional; short passes interspersed with the odd long pass approach, while South Africa played like teams of the English Premier League; long passes, very quick counter attack and ran very fast when they had the ball. Rafael Marquez's late equalizer and the rebound of the left post in the dying minutes of the match must have broken millions of South African hearts. Anyway football was the winner and we eagerly wait for the next match which can be another potential cracker (may be boring as well as France, like Italy are slow starters) between two former World Cup Champions France and Uruguay.