Just when it was beginning to look as if even Africa could do dull, the World Cup burst into life with a terrific goal for the home side and that rarest of things, a memorable opening game. Indeed, a breathless one, or at least a breathless second half.

正當整個非洲看似行將碌碌無為之際，主隊的奇妙進球卻令世界杯迸發(fā)華彩。揭幕戰(zhàn)令人銘記，實為少見。確實，本場比賽扣人心弦，起碼下半場如此。

South Africa appeared sluggish in a plodding first half, though there was no hint of that when Siphiwe Tshabalala scored an electric opener, putting down a marker even at this early stage for one of the goals of the tournament. There will not be many swifter counterattacks or more decisive finishes either, and Tshabalala's strike transformed a game and a crowd that had begun to settle for anti-climax. It was almost a shame when Rafael Márquez evened things up 11 minutes from the end, though Mexico were dangerous throughout and deserved to take something from the game, even if Katlego Mphela did hit the post in the last minute of normal time.

上半場的南非踉踉蹌蹌、懶懶散散，查巴拉拉能在火石電光間首開記錄，早早便在世界杯用進球鐫下印記，此前并無先兆。比賽中既無更加犀利的反擊，又無更加致命的射門，查巴拉拉的進球，使得漸入低潮的比賽峰回路轉，無精打采的球迷剎那振作。即便是姆菲拉在常規(guī)時間的最后一分鐘擊中門柱，墨西哥也顯得威脅十足，理應有所斬獲，但當馬克斯在距完場11分鐘那刻扳平比分時，還是多少令人覺得有些遺憾。

Mexico had looked the sharper and more inventive side in the first half, and could have taken an early lead when Itumeleng Khune spilled Paul Aguilar's cross on virtually their first attack. Aaron Mokoena helped his goalkeeper by tidying up on that occasion though Aguilar continued to get forward from right-back, allowing the notional right-winger, Giovani dos Santos, to come inside and play a freer role.

上半場，墨西哥更加銳利、創(chuàng)意更足，在第一次進攻中，阿吉拉爾的傳中造成庫恩脫手，險些早早領先。那回，莫科納清理掉來球，幫了門將的忙，但阿吉拉爾仍從右后衛(wèi)位置上不斷前插，使得多斯桑托斯內切并獲得自由活動的空間。

The former Spurs player shot narrowly wide midway through the first half after catching Teko Modise in possession, but Guillermo Franco missed the best chance to put his side in front when Arsenal's Carlos Vela played him in with a lofted pass. Franco controlled the ball on his chest and looked certain to score, but Khune stayed on his feet and blocked the shot.

上半場中段，這位前熱刺球員搶下莫迪塞的腳下球，一腳射門偏出，但最佳機會當屬于吉列爾莫·弗朗哥--阿森納球員貝拉遞給他一記高球，弗朗哥胸部卸球，幾將破門，可是庫恩并未失位，擋住射門。

Vela missed a chance and then had a goal disallowed for a borderline offside before the hosts managed to put together a convincing attack, yet when they did, right on the stroke of the interval, they managed to miss a glorious opportunity to turn round with an undeserved lead. Tshabalala finally sent over a dangerous cross from the left, and though Mphela looked well placed to meet it he failed to get his head on the ball in front of goal and inside the six-yard box.

貝拉錯過機會，接下來破門又被判越位在先，之后主隊的反擊質量頗高，卻坐失良機，差點讓場面占先的墨西哥在半場哨前蒙冤落后。查巴拉拉終于從左側送出一記頗有威脅的傳中，盡管姆菲拉位置極佳，但他卻未能在球門前的六碼區(qū)頂?shù)狡で颉?/div>
The pair redeemed themselves in some style 10 minutes into the second half. South Africa waited patiently for the right moment to disrupt one of Mexico's most patient build-ups, a succession of sideways passes going nowhere in particular near the halfway line, then struck with the deftest of counters. Mphela played the perfect 40 yard pass from inside the centre circle to allow Tshabalala to run behind the Mexican defence, and the winger's left-foot finish was even better, flying unstoppably past Oscar Pérez and into his top-left corner.

下半時十分鐘，二人將功補過。南非守株待兔，終于等到時機：他們將墨西哥耐心的倒腳斷下，在未及中線的邊路連續(xù)傳遞，然后完成精妙反擊。姆菲拉從中圈給出40碼的完美傳球，查巴拉拉奔至墨西哥防線身后，這名邊鋒的左腳射門甚至更為絕妙，直入左上角，奧斯卡·佩雷斯徒呼奈何。

Mexico came back with a fizzing shot from Dos Santos that Khune did well to push round a post, before Modise was denied a chance of a second South African goal by a combination of Pérez's reflexes and a subtle tug from the experienced Francisco Rodríguez.

墨西哥卷土重來，多斯桑托斯的勁射劃向球門，但庫恩奮勇將球撲出門外。隨后莫迪塞差點再下一城，但佩雷斯的神速反應和弗朗西斯科·羅德里格斯老道的細微拉扯將進球拒之門外。

Had that chance been taken the hosts might have held on, but after Javier Aguirre made three attacking substitutions, his first one created an equaliser. Andrés Guardado's diagonal ball over a static South African defence found three men queueing up to receive it at the far post. Márquez, the third in line, calmly took the ball down and beat Khune.

如果東道主把握住了機會，便能將勝勢維持到終場，但阿吉雷做出三次換人，以加強鋒線進攻，并且首個換人便造就將比分扳平。瓜爾達多斜傳穿過南非人墻，墨西哥三人插上，在后點接應來球。第三名球員馬克斯冷靜停球，打穿庫恩的大門。


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