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| Mexico enter the cooking pot forCup |
| Mexico enter the cooking pot for Cup start
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| MEXICO
, 11-June-2010
6:33:49 AM |
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The once-improbable dream of a World Cup in Africa kicks off on Friday when Mexico face the home team in the deafening cauldron of Johannesburg's 90,000-seat Soccer City stadium.
The Mexicans will have to contend not only an army of jiving supporters in a frenzy of patriotic fervour but an ear-splitting blast from the biggest array yet of vuvuzela trumpets, the loudest fan instrument on the globe, which severely curtails communication between players and coach.
The stadium, biggest in Africa, has been shaped like a calabash or cooking pot and the Mexicans may feel they have been put on the fire when they meet Bafana Bafana, South Africa's much improved national team.
Once mocked by even their compatriots as hopeless under-achievers, and still one of the lowest-rated World Cup hosts, at 83rd in the rankings, South Africa come off a run of 12 unbeaten matches and are new national heroes.
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