South Africa vs Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup opening match

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2010 FIFA World Cup match football match

The South Africa vs Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup opening match was the tournament’s inaugural game in Johannesburg, marking the first World Cup ever held on African soil and featuring host nation South Africa against Mexico in Group A.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 2010 FIFA World Cup match ⓘ
football match ⓘ
attendance 84490 ⓘ
awayTeam Mexico national football team ⓘ
awayTeamCaptain Rafael Márquez ⓘ
awayTeamCoach Javier Aguirre ⓘ
awayTeamConfederation CONCACAF ⓘ
awayTeamEqualiserMinute 79 ⓘ
awayTeamFIFAConfederation CONCACAF ⓘ
surface form: Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football
awayTeamGoalScorer Rafael Márquez ⓘ
awayTeamNickname El Tri ⓘ
awayTeamScore 1 ⓘ
ballUsed Adidas Jabulani ⓘ
city Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
competitionStage group stage ⓘ
continentOfHost Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
date 2010-06-11 ⓘ
finalScore 1–1 ⓘ
firstWorldCupOnContinent Africa ⓘ
group Group A ⓘ
homeTeam South Africa national football team ⓘ
homeTeamCaptain Aaron Mokoena ⓘ
homeTeamCoach Carlos Alberto Parreira ⓘ
homeTeamConfederation CAF ⓘ
homeTeamFIFAConfederation Confederation of African Football ⓘ
homeTeamFirstGoalMinute 55 ⓘ
homeTeamGoalScorer Siphiwe Tshabalala ⓘ
homeTeamNickname South Africa national football team ⓘ
surface form: Bafana Bafana
homeTeamScore 1 ⓘ
hostConfederation CAF ⓘ
hostNationTeam South Africa national football team ⓘ
kickoffTimeLocal 16:00 ⓘ
kickoffTimeUTC 14:00 ⓘ
matchNumberInTournament 1 ⓘ
notableEvent Siphiwe Tshabalala scored a long-range opening goal ⓘ
first match of a FIFA World Cup played on African soil ⓘ
vuvuzelas prominently heard in stadium ⓘ
openingCeremonyHeldBefore true ⓘ
openingMatchOf 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
referee Ravshan Irmatov ⓘ
refereeNationality Uzbekistan ⓘ
result draw ⓘ
season 2009–10 ⓘ
stadiumCapacityApprox 94700 ⓘ
tournament 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
venue FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ
surface form: FNB Stadium

FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ
surface form: Soccer City

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FNB Stadium (Soccer City) → notableMatch → South Africa vs Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup opening match ⓘ
subject surface form: FNB Stadium