The Mexico team drew with South Africa, thanks to a goal saving Marquez

The Bafana Bafana were ahead on the scoreboard in the 55th minute through Siphiwe Tshabalala who scored the first goal in World Cup but Rafael Marquez managed to tie at 79.

Until the goal of South Africa, Mexico had given a concert and ball touches of scoring chances, half dozen in the first half, but the add just came to the South African pressure, which seemed to take them into a fist.

Mexico showed their cards early in the match to be faithful to their vocation offensive, but again the lack of definition jettisoned the idea of a better result to finish as always with bated breath.

Mexican midfielder Efrain Juarez was booked in the first World Cup to cut a ball with his hand.

From the start, the Mexicans were masters of the midfield and the show and was Aguilar, one side of Pachuca, which was conducted by a team that opted to have the ball, when play better.

Mexican coach Javier Aguirre began to cry out his players early in the game, to claim the decisions of the judges and he felt uncomfortable in the place it outside marked Sailing, which annulled his shot at goal to 37.

The most dangerous arrival in Mexico was born in Vela's feet, to 32, to put it into space on the arrival of Franco, who controlled with his chest before you hit the right, but goalkeeper Khune put his hand to save his door.

South Africadoes not overwhelm and leave time to time pushed and pressed, with Tshabalala, the more nervous player who has had to the Mexican defense. Piennes had a good battle with Marquez in midfield and eventually orchestrated the reaction of the 'Bafana'

The Bafana Bafana at times managed to balance the game but the game in the first 45 minutes seemed to be and was in Mexico, although he faced his old ghost of the definition and went to rest without a goal in three chances of Franco, one of Vela and Giovani over another.

Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, coach of South Africa, moved its parts and send Pienaar on the right and the left Tshabalala him hell live in Mexico the past five minutes, where they highlighted their defensive weaknesses.

The goalkeeper Oscar Perez spent a couple of times without tackling the ball and was lucky because the headers of Dikgagoi Mphela and in corner kicks, goal management had not to go to rest without scoring.

Everything changed with the goal of 55 Tshabalala, South Africa grew in confidence and Mexico in soccer and was confronted with the downside, the atmosphere and buried in a delicate moment to measure your wishes with your reality.

Giovani seemed to wake them up to 60 with a shot that caught Khune became the opening day, but the Mexicans fell into a slump that began to suffer with a squad fully motivated.

Modise, 69, entered only by the center and did not score because his shot was bad, but the move was a good example of what the meeting was at the time, with South Africa with a mallet hitting a Mexico lost and disoriented.

The entry of veteran striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Javier promise 'Chicharito' Hernandez and Andres Guardado wanted to give a new look to renew the battle for one last chance to avoid the sinking of the team of Aguirre.

Rafael Marquez, Mexico's most experienced in Europe in Barcelona, El Salvador has been his goal against Mexico with a pass m.79 Guardado, Deportivo La Coruna defender to shoot well-controlled first post.

Blanco made his presence known, but no longer has the speed and gave Mexico the break he needed for the final minutes but the team has been necessary to close the defense because of more exposed when Mphela came to the area and put a ball on the pole at the sight of the goalkeeper.

Mexico will play against France on 17 June and South Africa will face Uruguay in the second day of this group.

Technical data:

1. South Africa: Itumeleng Khune, Siboniso Gaxa, Aaron Mokoena, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Katiego Mphela, Steven Pienaar (m.85, Bernard Parker), Teko Modise, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Lucas Thwala (m.46, Tsepo Masilela) and Bongani Khumalo .

1. Mexico: Oscar Perez, Rafael Marquez, Francisco Rodríguez, Ricardo Osorio, Carlos Salcido, Efrain Juarez, Paul Aguilar (M.52, Andrés Guardado), Gerardo Torrado, Giovani dos Santos, Guillermo Franco (m.73 Javier Hernandez) and Carlos Vela (m.67, Cuauhtemoc Blanco).

Goals: 1-0.m.55: Siphiwe Tshabalala. One-1.m.79: Rafael Marquez.

Referee: The Uzbek Ravshan Irmatov. Admonished Dikgacoi (m.27), Masilela (m.70), Juarez (m.18)

Incidents: 2010 opening match. Third World to South Africa, fourteenth to Mexico, open their fifth World Cup. The stadium full of yellow with green patches of Mexicans in a cool, sunny afternoon. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon was one of the 84 490 spectators.