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The host South Africa, which drew with Mexico in the opening ceremony, welcomed its second opponent - Uruguay.

Uruguay almost knocked out the Dutch at the Amsterdam Stadium, which shows their quality. They played former World Cup champions and runners-up last year 0-0 in the first round and will have to beat the hosts this time to emerge from the group.

South Africa must also take Uruguay if they don't want to be eliminated early.

For both sides, it's a game with no way back.

At half past eight o'clock in the evening of the 16th, the match between the two teams was played at the Loftos Stadium in Pretoria.

Both sides appeared to be proactive from the start of the game, with Uruguay threatening the opposition goal with successive free-kicks in the opening period.

In the 24th minute, Uruguay launched an attack on the right side, Perez made a diagonal pass, and the veteran Forlan turned around and volleyed with his right foot 30 meters in front of the goal!

The ball rubbed against Mokona's back, the volley turned into a lob, and the ball went over goalkeeper Kune and into the crossbar!

The ball is in!

1 to 0!

Uruguay breaks the deadlock!

The game fell behind, and amid the huge shouts of the home fans, the hosts launched a fierce attack.

Uruguay waited to hold a one-goal lead until the end of the first half.

At the start of the second half, Uruguay attacked South Africa with the advantage of strength, and Suarez and Forlan frequently threatened the opponent's goal.

With the score down and the situation in the hands of the opponent, the mentality of the South African players changed.

In the 76th minute, South Africa suffered a heavy blow.

Suarez's low shot from a small angle on the left was blocked by Curne, Perez took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and was cleared by a defender's tackle, Forlan flew to kill and volleyed 20 meters in front of the goal!

South African defender Cavani stretched out his left foot halfway without touching the ball, the alert Suarez took two steps forward to control the football, and South African goalkeeper Kune was in a hurry and put Suarez down with a tackle!

"Tick! ……”

Referee Busaka blew for a penalty and sent Cunet straight away!

Forlan got the shot and smashed the nod into the South African goal!

Two to zero!

With two goals behind and one man less, Uruguay announced the death of their hosts!

Seeing that the game was about to end, Uruguay once again launched a quick counterattack against the South African team, Forlan made a precise 40-meter diagonal pass from the left, and Suarez passed the football directly to the back post on the right side of the penalty area!

Álvaro Pereira is four meters in front of the goal, the ball is bounced, and the ball flies into the empty goal!

The ball is in!

Three to zero!

Uruguay defeated the host South African team and firmly took the initiative to qualify in their own hands!

The hosts can only beat France in the final round to have a glimmer of hope of qualifying.

The newspaper Sport Milan used the headline "the weakest host in history" to evaluate the South African team.

"The first match of the second round of Group A of the World Cup was played at the Loftos Stadium in Pretoria, Uruguay defeated the host South Africa 3-0, and the situation is very good with 4 points, South Africa still has 1 point, and the third round will beat France. In the first half, Fran's long-range shot was refracted into a strange defoliating ball into the net.

In the second half, South African goalkeeper Kune tackled Suarez and was sent off with a red card, and Forlan scored a penalty kick to become the second team to score two goals in this World Cup. Alvaro Pereira added another goal in stoppage time.

Pele said at the beginning of the World Cup that African teams would advance to the final, and after the king of the ball 'woe came out', the African brothers began to fall one after another.

South Africa, in particular, had a bleak situation after the opening of the second round. In front of Uruguay, South Africa were beaten back to square one, with three goals and a red card. The usual surprising image of the World Cup hosts was a complete disappointment here in South Africa.

After the draw with Mexico, South Africa coach Andreas Pereira has increased his unbeaten run to 13 games since his return, which is a source of confidence for him to lead his team to qualify.

But in front of Uruguay, Pereira was like being poured cold water, and the 3-0 score ruthlessly extinguished their enthusiasm. Pereira said after the opening game: 'I believe that getting four points in this group is basically guaranteed to qualify, but now that the ice has been broken, we have shaken off the pressure and the game against Uruguay is about qualifying.' ’

The South African players also seemed to be a little too easy to win because of the draw with Mexico in the first game, and many South African players said before the game that 'if they win against Uruguay, they will qualify'.

But the reality is cruel, in front of Uruguay, South Africa is completely unable to organize an effective attack, South Africa only had three shots on target in the whole game, and in the first half of the game, South Africa did not even have a single shot on target.

It took 65 minutes for South Africa to make their first threatening attack against Uruguay. After Forlan scored the penalty, many South African fans had already started to leave the stadium and they lost interest in their team's performance.

If the poor organising, the high crime rate and the worst goal tally in the history of the first round had nothing to do with the South African team themselves, then the competitive form that South Africa showed after two games was unconvincing.

According to statistics from Castrol, the sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, South Africa's chances of qualifying are less than 30%. After two group games, South Africa have only scored one goal and have a minus three goal difference, and now the South African team can only look at the faces of others if they want to appear.

In other words, he looks at the faces of others and is only theoretically possible, first he wants to beg Mexico and France to have a better draw, and then beat France in the final round, and on the premise that South Africa has to pray that Mexico and Uruguay will not go wrong in that match.

All in all, the current South African team can actually say goodbye to this tournament now, and they will probably be left with just one goal, a goal difference of more than three and of course, all kinds of red and yellow cards......

Think about tomorrow's game, if France loses to Mexico, then even if South Africa beats France in the last round, it is likely to be a situation of Spain in the 98 World Cup, the players wiped their tears while scoring goals, and when the game is over, they hugged each other and cried. ”

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At half past eight o'clock in the evening of the 17th, the French team and Mexico competed at the Mocaba Stadium in Paolo Guani.

Neither side had a good chance to open the scoring in the first half, but as the second half began, France's attack intensified and Mexico fought back steadily.

In the nineteenth minute of the second half, the situation on the field changed dramatically.

Barcelona general, Mexico captain Marquez made a direct pass, and Abidal, who was dragged behind, failed to make an offside position, and Manchester United's new signing Hernandez single-handedly shook Lloris and shot into the empty goal!

Mexico was the first to break the deadlock!

When the French team was behind the scoreline, the mentality changed, and there was chaos at the back.

In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Mexico launched a counterattack, Barella burst into the right side of the penalty area and was tripped by Abidal!

"Tick! ……”

The referee blew the whistle and awarded a penalty!

Veteran Blanco has a chip!

Two to zero!

The runners-up of the last tournament lost by two goals, and Abidal became the culprit of France's defeat in this game, and the French team was on the verge of elimination.