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He's come in a lot in the last couple of weeks so I guess you did it a while ago?

When the Dutch squad was confirmed, because of his injury situations asnd that so ye he probably has

Should have gone for Barrios of Paraguay. Very underrated player who seems to be scoring at every level he plays at.

Nelson Mandela won't be at today's Opening Ceremony as he is too distressed after his grandaughter was killed by a drunk driver last night.

I fancy France not to make it through the group stages. It's a tough group anyway and they seem to be at odds with each other.

The driver of the car she was in apparently.

Opening ceremony underway. Looks good so far.

FIFA's response is that he made an agreement to be at the opening ceremony and he better be there.

Doesn't sound like that to me. From the BBC Sport website

WTF did Maradona have the Argies doing at training, all running around like headless chickens. Team spirit seems to be there though.

Piennar first goalscorer. £5er @ 16/1.

I'm quite touched by all this. Well done to South Africa.

That noise is quite annoying, but anything that drowns the sound of the commentators out is a bonus I guess

Dammit, got Vela as 1st goalscorer!

thats the understatement of the century. i wont be listening to that shiiiit for a month. will have to have the volume down. its ridiculous. should be banned.

Cracking strike to get us underway that.

What a cracking goal to open the tournament!

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Finally a break from those bloody trumpets!

If you think about it, the England match tomorrow is going to be a lot like the war in Afghanistan.
Apart from this time, the Americans are SUPPOSED to attack us.

I was a bit disappointed with Mexico, thought SA did well after looking nervous initially. I fancy Uruguay to get the result tonight.

Not sure if Uruguay will win but I certainly wouldn't be backing the French at around the 11/10 mark.

I think Uraguay will get the 3 points tonight, France will be poor.

South african fans can't create an atmosphere.

and lol at all the sudden world football experts on here.

All north korean's players look exactly the same.

Turn your brain on.

What happened earlier this year in an African football tournament? What was the response of the governing bodies?

Of course FIFA aren't going to respond like that to Mandela. They're going to clean his backside with their tongues. But the response towards Mandela should have been how Togo were treated last year. But as usual with FIFA/UEFA/most footballing governing bodies, the most important people are the ones who can arrange their lucrative marketing and hotel deals, not the players on the field.