Artwork courtesy of Espn and the Am I Collective. The bad news, for South Africa, is that it may well become the first World Cup host nation to fail to advance beyond the group stage. As one of the lowest-ranked teams in the tournament—only North Korea ranks lower—Bafana Bafana are staring up a cliff face to make it to the knockout round. But there’s some good news, too. With Mexico struggling to find its offense and France struggling in ways too numerous to list here, no one would call this the Group of Death. (Uruguay is the group’s fourth team). And if the home team does crash out early, there are five other “home” teams South Africans can pull for—the rest of the squads from the continent. Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has had Bafana Bafana working on their short passing game, a style known...
- 5/17/2010
- Vanity Fair
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