I think one must, in fairness to Bafana Bafana, start by saying that really they were the weakest team in the World Cup and they would not have qualified for the tournament if they were not hosts. Having said that, I do think that they have tried their best, and probably the biggest failure is their defence which is quite weak.

Having said that, you could have hoped that the referee was at least neutral and did not make a horrendous decision in firstly not ruling the Uruguayan player off-side, when he clearly was, and secondly, in actually awarding a penalty and sending off our goalkeeper – thus really not only ruining our chances of coming back to snatch a draw, but putting the team under considerable pressure in their next game where they will be without their first choice goalkeeper.