Can Erol on World Cup- Day 1: Group A: Lack of Quality (#worldcup)

Uruguay-vs-France-World-Cup-2010-Group-A-match

The World Cup started with the first day games in Group A. Nelson Mandela could not show up for the opening game because of the tragic death of his grand daughter yesterday. Mexico and South Africa started the game with high level of anxiety. Galatasaray player Dos Santos was the first player to miss a simple goal as he had many in the season. Tshabalala scored the very first goal of the tournament with a fabulous strike. However, Rafa Marquez ended South Africa’s dreams to win the opening game.

Tshabalala

Photo credits and more photos can be found here.

In the second game, Uruguay and France had a balanced 90 minutes and we can easily say that Uruguay reached its goal. They only give a few chances to France which could hardly set up attacking strategies. The midfielders Toulalan, Gourcuff and Diaby was successful on the defense side but their capacity fell short in organizing attacking activities. For the first day, there were two remarkable issues for the fans: 1. The lack of quality 2. The annoying sound of Vuvuzela!


And Erkan’s roundup:

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from euro|topics

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from Global Voices Online by Amira Al Hussaini

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from All Facebook by Nick O’Neill

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Twitter Launches Official World Cup Tracking Page

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