After a song and dance performance, it is the celebrities who once shocked the football world to appear.

When the new generation of green ladies galloped through the rivers and lakes, those slightly old heroes could only appear in the eyes of fans in the form of guests and officials, Pele, Maradona, Bobby. Charlton, Platini, Matthaus, etc., all familiar names, familiar faces, the years have inadvertently portrayed wrinkles and wind and frost on their faces that have been full of vicissitudes of greenery, but in the much-anticipated Ellis Park Stadium, they still show the pride of the past, and the soul of green football.

The celebrities appeared one after another, and in the cheers of the fans at the scene, they sent their hopes and blessings to this World Cup.

The Hercules Cup was won together with the Brazilian king Pele and the famous European and American singer Shakira. Although every Pele's prediction and preview before a major game has made fans around the world laugh and complain, the king of the ball with a crow's beak is still the king of the ball, and the combination of "ball king" and "beauty" is particularly eye-catching, which seems to indicate that the Hercules Cup, which symbolizes the pinnacle of glory, is only qualified to be owned by the truly strong.

In addition to football stars, singers, supermodels, and giant businessmen, dignitaries from various countries also gathered in the most conspicuous seats, including U.S. President Oba, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Argentine President Cristina and other more than 50 heads of national dignitaries attended the opening ceremony. Kurt Zouma took to the green field and gave a speech at the scene.

The presence of many important figures in the international political arena made the atmosphere hot for a while, and only at this time will these politicians give up the "fly camp dogs", give up all kinds of transactions and interests that are not very glamorous, and everyone is like a real ordinary football fan, talking about football and happiness.

It was almost 4 p.m., and the performers of the opening ceremony gradually withdrew.

The voice of a football commentator was heard on the live radio.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending this opening ceremony, it is a wonderful opening ceremony and a wonderful memory that will last a lifetime! Well, let's get down to business! After four years of waiting, four years of anticipation, four years of dreams, finally, the most exciting moment is coming! The World Cup is a feast for football, a festival for fans, and a symbol of passion and heat! Achieve your dreams today! For the highest honor of football, we send our best wishes to every player who struggles on the green field in advance - come on, the highest honor of football is waiting for you ahead! ”

"So...... The unveiling performance is officially over, and the 2010 World Cup is about to begin! The real beginning! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? Are you ready to enjoy this unprecedented football extravaganza! Now, the sails of dreams have been raised, and the stage for the pursuit of glory and glory has been opened, for football, for glory, for the Hercules Cup...... Advance! ”

Amid the sensational and excited shouts of the live announcers, the fans in the stands once again erupted in earth-shattering roars and cheers, and in such a tidal wave, the referee from Uzbekistan Lafseh blew the first whistle of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The opening match between the host South African team and Mexico, a powerhouse in Central and North America, has officially begun!

South Africa is one of the most developed and prosperous countries on the African continent, but they are not a football powerhouse in the world of football. South Africa's best continental result in history was the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996, the only continental title in South African football history.

On the stage of the World Cup, South Africa did not have good results, they did not have many opportunities to participate in the World Cup, and occasionally entered the World Cup finals stage, basically only a round of the group stage, and went home early.

This time the World Cup is coming to the African continent and it is being held on their doorstep, and South Africans are full of expectations for their national team, hoping that their team can make a breakthrough on their own turf, not to mention achieving dazzling results.

In comparison, Mexico is much more famous and influential than South Africa. Mexico are fifth in World Cup history behind Brazil, Germany, Italy and Argentina, and although their results are not comparable to those of the previous four teams, they rarely miss the knockout rounds of the World Cup and have reached the quarter-finals of the 1970 and 1986 World Cups on home soil.

Mexico have also performed well in the Copa America Gold and Confederations Cup, having won the trophy in both international competitions.

Therefore, judging from the strength comparison on the surface, Mexico is obviously stronger than South Africa. However, football is not just a competition for strength on paper, the right time and place are also very important factors to win.

Because the World Cup is held on home soil, the South African team occupies the advantage of the home field, and most of the entire scene is the audience cheering for the home team, so in terms of momentum, the South African team has a great advantage.

The most important point is that in terms of the historical data of the World Cup, in the past 18 World Cups, the host country has never lost the first game, and it is a draw at best.

Therefore, before the opening game, most people are still more optimistic about the South African team, which has a very high popularity and support rate.

Of course, the opening game is always one of the toughest games to play in the World Cup, and since England won the championship in 1966, the opening game seems to have entered a strange circle, that is, the curse of "draw when the opening game", and only 6 of the 12 subsequent World Cup openers have been won and lost, and half have been draws - and even the number of games that have been won and lost has been very small, and there are very few times when there is a gap of 2 goals.

It can be seen that the first game in the World Cup is really difficult to play.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the South African team, which had the advantage of the home field, was very vigorous, and after a simple trial, launched a fierce attack towards the opponent's half.

After resisting for a while, Mexico seemed to feel the host's strong desire to attack, and wisely chose to shrink the defense line and avoid the enemy's edge.

The pace of the game was extremely fast from the fifth minute. South Africa is like a lion running in the vast grassland, fiercely pounced on the opponent, and technically speaking, Mexico is obviously superior, but under the opponent's fierce and ferocious offensive, Mexico is inevitably dwarfed, especially Mexico is known for its delicate skills and tactics, and the South African team is very targeted not to play with the opponent technology, but to use the body and strong impact to rush Mexico's defense.

With their own strengths and attacking the enemy weakly, the tactical arrangement of the South African team fighting at home was very right, and it was natural to begin to occupy the initiative on the field.

The opening fifteen minutes were almost an offensive and defensive drill, with South Africa burying their heads in the attack and Mexico struggling to defend, occasionally taking advantage of the gaps left by the opponent's big attack to counterattack.

The two teams went back and forth on the pitch, playing extremely lively, and although there were no goals, the pace was fast and tight.

Overall, however, Mexico is still a bit of a disadvantage.

In the 17th minute, South Africa broke through again in front of the field, when Sarababa flicked the ball away from Mexican defender Juarez, who reached out and tugged at the former's shirt after completely losing his position.

The first yellow card of this World Cup was born, and Juarez helped Mexico get a slightly embarrassing "World Cup first" statistic.

In the next half of the first half, the two teams were still entangled with each other, Mexico fell into the upper hand as a whole, but the defense was still solid, and South Africa's offensive momentum was very strong, but the overall strength could only be regarded as average, and the forward line lacked a decisive figure, so until the halftime whistle, neither side scored, and the battle was temporarily 0:0.

However, the first game of the first match day of this World Cup will obviously not be spent in a blank exchange, and the goal will come quietly and suddenly.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, in a strong attack, the South African team finally tore apart Mexico's backline, and their No. 8 midfielder Shalababa cut in from the midfield at high speed, facing the Mexican defenders, Shalababa used his speed to dodge the angle, and then shot with his left foot on the line of the penalty area, Mexican goalkeeper Perez couldn't save, and the football crashed straight into the upper right corner of the goal.

The first goal of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was officially born!

The South African team, known as the "weakest host in history", scored their first goal in this tournament and the first goal of this World Cup under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of hometown elders on the scene.

The scene was jubilant, and countless dark-skinned South African fans shouted "Wow Wow Wow~" in their mouths, "akaaka! The shouts came and went.

Such a goal boosted the morale of the hosts, and in the following time, the South African team was even more aggressive.

On the contrary, Mexico showed signs of getting more and more demoralized, and in the second half of the game, they were almost completely suppressed by the home team.

However, Mexico's luck was good, after replacing the 37-year-old legendary veteran Blanco, although the passive overall situation did not help much, Mexico's counterattack became sharp.

In the 79th minute, Mexico had a good chance to equalize.

Striker Guadaldo quickly crossed the edge and Barcelona centre-back Marcos followed in the back row, the former swept the ball into the box, Marcos followed up and volleyed in front of goal to equalise.

Two goals were scored in the opening game of the World Cup in South Africa, which is a lot, and the only thing that makes people laugh is that the "opening curse" seems to continue.

The two teams also launched a number of dangerous attacks in the remaining time, but in the end they failed to score again, and the opening match of the World Cup in South Africa ended with a score of 1-1, with South Africa and Mexico drawing hands.