As we now start looking at all the World Cup teams for a second time, we can start to see the real winners and losers.

Bafana Bafana might have tried to intimidate Uruguay by singing in the tunnel but unfortuantely for them it was Diego Forlan who rang the tunes on the pitch; scoring two and having a major part in the third goal, as the boys were crushed by men.

Uruguay made a more positive start after their poor display against France in the first game while Siphiwe Tshabalala was a little ambitious with a couple of early attempts in Pretoria.

Having seen plenty of shots float sky high, Itumeleng Khune was a little shocked to watch Diego Forlan's 24th minute strike actually dip under the bar; although it did take a slight deflection off Aaron Mokoena.

Half-time: 0:1

With Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez running the show for Uruguay, South Africa needed to change something if they wanted to stay at the party.

Bafana Bafana came to life, with twenty minutes to go, after appealing to the crowd to give them more noise.

Unfortunately, when Luis Suarez sped into the South Africa penalty area, Khune caught the striker with his left foot. Massimo Busacca took a while going for his pocket; Khune backed off, fearing the worse - red card.

Diego Forlan had to wait an age while the reserve goalkeeper made himself ready, but the former Manchester United striker kept his cool and all but ended South Africa's hopes of getting out of the group stage. The hosts will need to beat France and have other results go their way.

Diego Forlan then played a part in Uruguay's third goal, in the final seconds of time added on; crossing the ball to Luis Suarez, who switched it back to Alvaro Pereira on the goal-line.

South Africa 0 Uruguay 3

Archbishop Desmond Tutu may have been excited at last night's World Cup concert when he proclaimed 'We are all Africans' but at ten past five this afternoon all of Africa became South Africans; when Siphiwe Tshabalala scored the first goal in a World Cup Finals match to be held on African soil.

The goal came after a masterstroke half-time substitution by Carlos Alberto Parreira. Bringing in Maccabi Haifa's Tsepo Masilela at Left Back made the left hand side attacking threat more lively and on the second rush in less than 10 minutes of the re-start, Siphiwe Tshabalala sprinted down the wing and struck the ball cleanly past a stranded Óscar Pérez.

Needing to change the balance of play, Javier Aguirre used all his three substitutes within twenty minutes of South Africa taking the lead.

The vuvuzelas were briefly silenced in the 79th minute as, out of three unmarked Mexicans at the far post, Barcelona's Rafael Marquez was the one to break towards Itumeleng Khune.

With a sleight feignting move (FIFA only disallow feinting at penalty kicks) from Marquez, Khune fell onto his rear and the Mexican was able to cooly pick his spot between the South African goalkeeper and the near post.

Then the vuvuzela humming sound picked up again.

In the 90th minute, Katlego Mphela was released and outpaced the retreating Mexican defence. As the angle became ever tighter, Mphela couldn't believe that his shot hit the post.

What a finish that would have been to the first World Cup Finals match in Africa.

South Africa 1 Mexico 1