South Africa 1-1 Mexico: Bafana Bafana fans create a terrific noise as their side emerge on to the playing surface with a capacity crowd of 94,700 expected to be present at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium
Mexico fans will hope their side can spoil the Bafana Bafana party as kick-off approaches in the eagerly awaited opening game of the 2010 World Cup finals
A wall of noise from thousands of vuvuzelas greets Fifa president Sepp Blatter and South African president Jacob Zuma as they officialy open the tournament just before kick-off
Giovanni dos Santos has an ideal chance to give Mexico the lead in just the second minute of the match but South Africa skipper Aaron Mokoena slides in to make a crucial challenge
Carlos Salcido attempts to evade the challenge of South Africa's Siboniso Gaxa as Mexico continue to dominate the opening exchanges of the Group A match
Siphiwe Tshabalala crunches into a tackle on Mexico's Gerardo Torrado as the hosts start to shake off the early nerves that plagued their play earlier on
South Africa survive a scare late in the first half as Mexico's Carlos Vela sees his goal disallowed as he is correctly adjudged to be offside
Soccer City erupts in the 55th minute as Siphiwe Tshabalala picks up the ball on the left before unleashing a stunning strike across Oscar Perez and into the top corner of the Mexican net
The players celebrate in style following Tshabalala's incredible strike as Bafana Bafana hold an unexpected lead in front of an ecstatic South African crowd
Mexico deflate the passionate South African support as Rafael Marquez finds himself in plenty of space in the box before firing the ball past Itumeleng Khune in the 79th minute
France v Uruguay: After being dropped by manager Raymond Domenech, Barcelona's French forward Thierry Henry contemplates starting the World Cup on the bench for the national team he recently captained
How much do chickens pay for a ticket then? A France supporter brings his pet with him into the stadium in Cape Town, which does have some empty seats for the second group A match
France 0-0 Uruguay: With a population of only three million people, Uruguay have still won two World Cups but will that heritage weigh on the players as they line up for their first match of the 2010 tournament?
France's Bordeaux midfielder Yoann Gourcuff looks on as Uruguay's Egidio Arevalo tries to get the ball under control in a frenetic opening passage of play lacking any real penetration from either side
Uruguay's Diego Forlan (right) shows flashes of inspiration in the first half, but sweat and determination wins out as France's William Gallas demonstrates when the controversial 'Jubalani' balls flies off his forehead
The girlfriends and wives of the French football team are obviously concerned about the relatively drab stalemate on the pitch as both to continue carve out little in the way of clear openings
France coach Raymond Domenech isn't happy with proceedings, so brings on Henry and Chelsea winger Florent Malouda - whom he reportedly had an argument with on Thursday - in a bid to shake things up
Football pundits often talk about players 'going hiding' on the pitch... France's Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka seeks to gain an advantage over agog Uruguay defender Diego Godin, who can only look on and watch
Just 18 minutes after coming onto the pitch as a substitute, Uruguay's Nicolas Lodeiro is sent off for two bookable offences - but with 10 minutes left, an uninspiring France side are unable to capitalise
France and Uruguay players embrace at the end of a match more suited to the purists in Cape Town, which leaves both sides - just like their group A rivals South Africa and Mexico - on one point after one game
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