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Bafana beat Bleus, both bow out

South Africa gave everything to try and stay in their own FIFA World Cup™ but in the end their victory was in vain as they and France both exit the competition.

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Line-up

1 Hugo LLORIS (GK) (GK) Moneeb JOSEPHS 1
2 Bakari SAGNA Tsepo MASILELA 3
5 William GALLAS (C) Aaron MOKOENA 4
7 Franck RIBERY (-55') Out Anele NGCONGCA 5
8 Yoann GOURCUFF Red Card MacBeth SIBAYA 6
9 Djibril CISSE Out (-55' ) Siphiwe TSHABALALA 8
11 Andre Pierre GIGNAC Out (-46'HT ) Goal Katlego MPHELA 9
17 Sebastien SQUILLACI Steven PIENAAR 10
18 Alou DIARRA (C) Out (-82' ) (-68') Out Bernard PARKER 17
19 Abou DIABY Yellow Card Goal Bongani KHUMALO 20
22 Gael CLICHY (-78') Out Thanduyise KHUBONI 23
Substitute(s)
16 Steve MANDANDA (GK) (GK) Shu-Aib WALTERS 22
23 Cedric CARRASSO (GK) (GK) Itumeleng KHUNE 16
3 Eric ABIDAL (+55') In Siboniso GAXA 2
4 Anthony REVEILLERE Lance DAVIDS 7
6 Marc PLANUS (+78') In Teko MODISE 11
10 Sidney GOVOU In (+82') Reneilwe LETSHOLONYANE 12
12 Thierry HENRY In (+55') Matthew BOOTH 14
13 Patrice EVRA Lucas THWALA 15
15 Florent MALOUDA Goal In (+46'HT) (+68') In Siyabonga NOMVETHE 18
20 Mathieu VALBUENA Surprise MORIRI 19
14 Jeremy TOULALAN Siyabonga SANGWENI 21
21 Nicolas ANELKA Kagisho DIKGACOI 13
Coaches
Officials
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Not eligible to play
  • Absent
  • Injured
TeamMPGFGAPts
UruguayURU3407
MexicoMEX3324
South AfricaRSA3354
FranceFRA3141
  • Florent Malouda of France scores his team's first goal
  • Steven Pienaar of South Africa challenges William Gallas of France
  • Raymond Domenech head coach of France brings on Thierry Henry as a substitute
  • Bongani Khumalo of South Africa leaves the field
  • Carlos Alberto Parreira head coach of South Africa reacts
  • Djibril Cisse of France gestures

"We didn’t fall too far short of qualifying. Even though I think at 2-0 we should have killed the game off by scoring a third goal, I’m happy to have seen my players make progress. They’ve made the whole country proud," Carlos Alberto Parreira, South Africa coach.

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Latest Comments:
Timster1994
04/07/2010 at 15:29
Timster1994 (England)
South Africa played really well and deserved to go through to the last 16. France were pathetic
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acedillos1
24/06/2010 at 22:53
Good job South Africa in beating France
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Icy_Shots
24/06/2010 at 18:53
Icy_Shots (United Arab Emirates)
Well, South Africa deserve to win! Hehehe
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10Shots21
3Corner kicks5
1Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
1Red Cards0
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