Opening game ended.

1-1, South Africa vs. Mexico.

Only saw parts of the first half and the last 30 minutes.
Gotta say the last 30 minutes were very interesting, nice match, fair result.

I think it was a great game, although Mexico had a stellar goal, South Africa's was great.

Also, that was the first tie for a host nation's first game.

South Africa - Mexico : 1 - 1

Alright, so, that's not a bad opening match. One low-tier nation versus one mid-tier nation ends with a draw, high tempo, and while not that many shots on goal, a great deal of offensive play. The first goal of the FIFA WC 2010 were scored by a guy named Tshabalala; try pronouncing that while you're drunk.

Fair result? Maybe. While Gio Dos Santos were still on the pitch for Mexico, SA got pushed back heavily and were put under a great deal of duress - something they handled admirably, and even took advantage of when Mexico sent their offensive fullbacks in the attack, and got countered to death when Mr. Tshabalala clinched a beautiful goal.

And then there's the penalty situation. One unidentified South Africa player is through, and Calcido (or whoever) pushes him over. The ref didn't see it as a penalty, I did though - but I highly doubt it'll be the most controversial refereeing decision in this competition.

In the end, Marquez made the equalizer through a horrid defensive mistake by his opponents, and with the level of domination Mexico put in through large portions of the match, none can really argue that any one of these teams were hard done by the end result ;)

Agreed, and I believe Mexico put too much pressure to miss as much as they did. Heroics were performed by both goalies, and defense and offense were equally astounding. Also lol'd at this:

That's basically all you can say when your drunk.

Anyway, good game, caught it only about 25 minutes late.

Pretty much that, england lost alot of their strength with David beckham.

my dad is watching it, he's yelling and screaming, i'm lol'ing on regular basis atm.

Not really into soccer, so idk who the fuck is who and which team is strong and the players and stuff :v

Brazil is the best he will be champion

Another draw, this time 0-0.

Pretty bad play by France, first half was very slow no team really doing much.
France decided to be aggressive towards the end of the second half, especially after Uruguay went down to 10 men, but Uruguay managed to keep 'em down with some pretty great defending.

Fail free kick by Henry as the last chance from France, definitely not what he used to be.