SA denied dream start

南非失先手夢(mèng)斷開門紅

Mexico deprived hosts South Africa(SA) of a dream start to the World Cup, equalising late in a thrilling 1-1 draw at Soccer City Friday night(Beijing Time). Siphiwe Tshabalala's glorious 55th-minute shot sent most of the 84000 crowd into ecstasy at the stadium. But Mexico, who dominated the first half but faded in the 2nd, struck back late through Rafael Marquez after 79 minutes when Bafana Bafana's offside trap went disastrously wrong. SA hit the post in a golden opportunity to win the match just before the whistle.

北京時(shí)間11日晚，2010年世界杯在足球城體育場(chǎng)揭開戰(zhàn)幕，東道主南非隊(duì)本有望取得夢(mèng)幻開門紅，但墨西哥隊(duì)在比賽末段反戈一擊，雙方最終1比1戰(zhàn)成平局。本場(chǎng)比賽，墨西哥隊(duì)在上半場(chǎng)優(yōu)勢(shì)明顯，但在下半場(chǎng)略顯沉寂。第55分鐘，查巴拉拉的精彩勁射為南非先拔頭籌，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)84000余名球迷頓時(shí)陷入癲狂。然而在第79分鐘，墨西哥球星馬科斯利用南非隊(duì)造越位失誤，將比分追平。終場(chǎng)前，南非隊(duì)擊中門柱，錯(cuò)失了絕殺對(duì)手的黃金機(jī)會(huì)。

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