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From 2pm (Central Africa Time) on Friday, the world’s attention will focus on Johannesburg’s Soccer City for the start of the tournament’s opening ceremony

The South Africans a chance to get out of the first round, but lest not forget that they have not lost a match since mid October and in the warm up games they beat Columbia, Guatemala and Denmark.

This year’s Mexican squad has flown relatively under the radar thus far- a welcome change, I’m sure, for a team that lost in the first round of elimination play during each of the past four World Cup’s, despite a ton of hype heading in. Mexico will be lead by a core of young stars, like winger Giovani Dos Santos and much-lauded striker Javier Hernandez that should form the squad’s nucleus for years to come.