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.