France vs. South Africa, Mexico vs. Uruguay
Posted on June 24, 2010 - Filed Under Soccer | Leave a Comment
The first game in Group A was played between Mexico vs Uruguay at the Royal Bafokeng stadium, Rustenberg. Uruguay as well as Mexico moved into the next round, Round 16. But the winner of this match was Uruguay who won by 1-0. In the next match, France vs South Africa, Bafana Bafana won clearly by 2-1.
In the match played between Mexico vs Uruguay, the winning goal was scored by the Uruguay striker, Luis Suarez in the 42nd minute of the match. He headed the ball brilliantly in to the goal post. Uruguay still ruled the game in the second half of the match.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is sending the big teams back home while the lesser, relatively new teams are who don’t have a stake in the world of football are smiling broadly. The top football players and the big guns, France has been ousted from the World Cup following a humiliating 2-1 defeat against the host country team, South Africa. Prior to the game, nobody had hopes for the South African team, as they had miserably failed to live up to the expectations.
In the match played between France and South Africa, the 2006 FIFA World Cup runner-ups France could not even reach the next round, Round 16. The match was played in the Free State stadium, Bloemfontein. The host team, South Africa won the match by 2-1. South African players, Mphela and Khumalo scored the two goals for their team. From the French team, Malouda scored the single goal in the 70th minute of the game.
South Africa was at advantage as they took the early lead against the French side at the 20th minute of the game. Mphela scored the second goal for South Africa in the 37th minute of the match.
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