DOWN THE MEMMORY LANE| FORLAN'S EXCRUCIATING MASTERCLASS
by Thakasani Khumalo There was so much to take from this match. Bafana were blatantly the least favourite on paper, but still the favourites because of the home soil advantage they held. The instinctively lethal Diego Forlan was once more a hot topic in South Africa, this time for torturing Bafana in their home turf. It would start as; Uruguay should have won their opening match in which they played a goalless draw against France, in Cape Town. They should have torn apart the hapless French team, France were beyond miserable to the extent that after the match they were castigated by French legend Zinedine Zidane. But French coach Raymond Domenech said they were “Happy with the overall result.” Justly so, a draw was better than nothing from this match for him. On the other hand; South Africa should have also walked victorious in their opening match, if it wasn’t for a late tale dismal choke. They were simply a better team than Mexico from onset, they lost concentration