The World Cup Started With Two Boring Draws

Sports News Update News: After the opening ceremony finally came time to start South Africa 2010 World Cup in the first place where the local South Africa faced off Mexico, and several hours later in the same group was the turn for France and Uruguay.

the first meeting the local and Mexico tied 1-1 in a match that went to halftime with a tie at zero and a Mexican team having the best chances after the competition host ceded the ball. “What I'm surprised is that by the ending of the first time we were not winning.”, the coach Javier Aguirre said,” we forgive them in the first part and then it was too late to try to correct the way. ”

Things changed in the second half and after adjusting defensive tactics South Africa that's how in the 79th minute of the game after a backlash masterfully executed Tshabalala striker scored the first goal of the world cup with a powerful cross-shot. According to coach Carlos Alberto Parreira “We could have won to Mexico, both of us were looking for the victory and the end result can be said that was fair.” Parreira said the match was conditioned for being the opening of the World Cup and that occasioned a lot of pressure.

When 12 minutes remained and the coach of Mexico had already made three changes the tie came through a ball that stopped in the hands of experienced Rafa Marquez sealing the result.

The second match of the day was centering France and Uruguay which ended 0-0 in a match that was flat, boring, lacking in ideas, with a French team that reached three quarters of land to meet an opponent's firm and solid defense trying to retrieve the ball and try to go out with backlashes, but Diego Forlan, the highest figure Charrua (as Uruguayans are called) was very lonely and quite erratic when defining in the few dangers that generated Uruguay during the game.

Things got worse for Uruguay when in the 35th minute of the second half Nicholas Lodeiro was expelled with a second yellow and that made the South Americans feel conditioned as Forlan says: “It turned complicated on the end of the game, they did not come with much danger, but the expulsion conditioned us well. We had a couple of situations to score, but it was very hard after the three quarters of court , because we had to play a little more, engage more, knowing that they could do damage, but could not and so ended 0-0 “. In my opinion the result that we achieved against France, was just”

In this way, history repeats as in the World Cup of Korea / Japan 2002? these two teams ended with the same score in blank.