
South Africa certainly has history on its side going into Fridays World Cup opener. Not only has no host country ever failed to advance out of pool play but no home nation has ever lost in a World Cup opener….
Bafana has to face a big history when they step onto the Soccer City pitch at four this afternoon host nations have never lost an opener and have made it to at least the second round of each World Cup. Six Host nations have become …

PRESIDENT JACOB Zuma spoke for a soccer-mad Joburg when he told Bafana Bafana: “The cup has landed in South Africa … it should stay here.”
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