It was a day off for Bafana Bafana on Thursday, a chance to breath away from the hotel for 24 hours.
Neither a freezing wind nor blasting vuvuzelas could help as Uruguay ruthlessly exposed the home team’s weaknesses.
Carlos Alberto Parreira is promising all out attack from Bafana Bafana against Uruguay – truth is, he really has no other option.
The pace of the World Cup comes thick and fast now, leaving little time to start intricate work on tactics and plans, writes <i>Mark Gleeson</i>.
South Africa claim they have shrugged off opening day World Cup jitters and will be much more enterprising against Uruguay on Wednesday.
It could have been so different had the Mexicans been able to exploit the pensive start from SA at Soccer City, writes <b>Mark Gleeson</b>.
SA coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has put on a brave face over distractions his team has had to face in the last few days, writes <b>Mark Gleeson</b>.
It seems such a long way from the Messe Halle in Zurich on May 15 2004, writes <b>Mark Gleeson</b>
South Africa and Mexico are likely to go on the attack in the opening game of the Soccer World Cup on Friday.
Omission of Benni McCarthy from Bafana Bafana’s World Cup squad signals an end to the foreign-based prima donna.