By Sean Connor
Bafana Bafana v France. Bloemfontein 22 June 2010
I watched two games on Tuesday: Mexico v Uruguay and Bafana Bafana v. France. As it transpires South Africa needed to beat France by at least three goals to qualify for the next round. It was an entertaining game.
France, fresh from all sorts of team upheavals, were there to be beaten. They had a player sent off in the first half, the victim of another questionable decision by a referee.
Khumalo scored in the 20th minute and Mphela scored in the 37th minute.From the names you will realise that this was South Africa that went into a 2-nil lead before half time. The French pulled one back in the second half making the final score 2-1 for South Africa.
Unfortunately, South Africa just failed to qualify for the next round, making them the first host nation to be eliminated at the group stage. Nevertheless, it was an improved performance all round. Let us hope that Bafana Bafana make the finals in Brazil in 2014
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