We all knew that it probably wouldn't amount to much unless Bafana Bafana scored a shitload of goals against the French, but we all desperately wanted that win and damn it felt good. The Boys gave the tattered and beleaguered French team a run for their money and had so many near misses in the second half that qualification into the next round was closer than any of us had ever realistically dreamed.
The boys played like warriors and I'm very proud to be a South African today (and equally happy not to be French - ouch! I mean what an awful and embarrassing WC they've had. The disgrace, the draaaaamaaa). The best thing about having this WC cup in SA (the WORST being vuvuzelas. But yeah, we won't go there again :P), is that the country is SO football mad and we have been desperate to host this tournament for so long, that Bafana Bafana doing well would merely have been the cherry on top. This is one host nation that will NOT lose interest in the tournament because their team exited early. Nope, if I know my countrymen they will support their second, third, fourth favourites with equal fervour and devotion.
Cos that's the way we roll down in old Minami Afurika.
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