For England, this is not destined to be an ordinary, smooth sailing World Cup journey, and the game has not officially started, and there are many contradictions inside and outside the team.

England set sail in this atmosphere, what other hardships will she face along the way?

At 4 p.m. on June 11, the Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium was crowded with people, and the grand opening ceremony officially began.

Five Silver Eagle fighters from the South African Air Force performed aerobatics over the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, to kick off the 19th FIFA World Cup.

Although the official opening ceremony will not officially start until ten minutes later, the wonderful performance of the pilots has undoubtedly ignited the passion of the ceremony, which indicates that the World Cup that fans around the world are waiting for is officially coming!

The commentators of various TV stations shouted: "The World Cup is coming!" ”

Although Mandela, the symbol of South Africa, was absent from the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa due to the sudden death of his great-granddaughter, the opening ceremony full of African style in the Johannesburg Football City Stadium still made people feel the passion of the World Cup being held on the African continent for the first time.

The opening ceremony of the World Cup lasted 40 minutes, making it the longest opening ceremony in history, and was broadcast live on 215 television stations.

After the opening, the match between the host South African team and Mexico began.

South Africa fielded three players from the Premier League: Pienal, Portsmouth, Mocknay and Dick Gakoy from Fulham.

South Africa coach Andreas Pereira played a 4231 defensive formation, while Mexico responded with a 433 attacking formation.

South Africa is ranked 83rd in the world, while Mexico is ranked 17th in the world, and there is a big gap between the two sides in the world rankings. As the second-to-last team in the world out of all 32 teams, South Africa started significantly weaker than Mexico and have been beaten all the time.

Mexico did not give the hosts face at all, they went on the offensive.

Twelfth minute. Mexico's Franco header clears the goal!

In the eighteenth minute, Dos Santos' shot grazed the post and missed!

In the 27th minute, Marques, who plays for Barcelona in the Mexican team, shot a hanging shot and was lifted off the crossbar by the South African goalkeeper!

The South Africans seemed to be relieved at the end of the first half, and in the 43rd minute, South Africa's Shabalaja pulled in a corner, and Mfera unfortunately failed to grab the spot.

The football was kicked out of the box by Mexico, and South Africa tackled the football with active pressing and immediately launched a quick attack. Shabalala crosses the middle, South Africa's best chance of the first half comes!

Dick Gakoy grabbed the point. But......

The ball unfortunately missed the goal.

The first half ended with a score of 0-0, and after a fifteen-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Amid the shouts of the home fans and the piercing chirping of the Vuvuzula, the South African team reversed the decline of the first half and gradually improved their attack.

In the 55th minute, Shabalala received a long pass from his teammates and shot with his left foot on the left edge of the penalty area, and the ball hung in the corner of the goal!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0!

There were loud cheers at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. The home fans saw the hope of victory!

With the score behind, Mexico coach Aguirre deployed his troops, and Mexico launched a fierce attack on South Africa. In the seventy-ninth minute, Mexico's efforts finally paid off. Marquis scored easily after receiving a diagonal pass from a teammate in front of the penalty area!

The score becomes 1 to 1!

Mexican fans from afar cheered!

Marquez's goal dashed the hosts' hopes of victory.

In the ensuing game, both sides were slightly conservative, and in the 89th minute, there was a scene that scared Mexican fans when South Africa's Mfera fired a powerful shot from the line of the penalty area. The ball flew like a cannonball to the left side of the goal!

Just as the home fans were getting ready to party, "Pong! ......" with a loud bang, the football hit the post and missed the goal!

Mfera missed the chance to beat Mexico. Both sides had to end the game with a score of 1-1.

Speaking to the media after the game, Mexico coach Aguirre said: "Now we have to beat France to get the initiative to qualify from the group. ”

South Africa coach Andreas Pereira said: "The opening game always puts a lot of pressure on the home team and today's result was not what we wanted, but a draw was acceptable. ”

With the end of the match between South Africa and Mexico, the rest of the World Cup matches in South Africa are being presented to fans around the world. At eight o'clock that night, the other two teams from Group A kicked off at the Cape Town Football Stadium.

The match between Uruguay and France was unusually dull, with the two sides drawing 0-0 after missing a couple of chances.

This is the first winless game in three consecutive World Cups for France. The French team, the runner-up of the last World Cup, did not show strong strength, and there were media reports after the game that the French dressing room was full of conflicts, and Anelka and coach Domenech had a fierce argument in the dressing room after the game.

In this regard, the French media is worried, is their team going to fall under infighting?

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th, the match of Group B began, and the first to appear were the Asian powerhouse South Korea and the 04 Euro Cup winner Greece. The match between the two sides was played at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth City.

Just seven minutes into the game, the South Korean team ushered in a good opportunity to score, Ji Chengyong crossed into the penalty area, Charlie Steas rose to the top, and the unguarded Lee Jung-so shot into the net from close range!

The score became 1-0!

South Korea expanded the score in the 52nd minute, Ventra made a mistake in stopping the ball, and captain Park Ji-sung burst into the penalty area with a single shot from ten meters away, and he scored in three consecutive World Cups!

In the end, South Korea won the game with a score of 2-0 and got off to a good start.

Half an hour later, the other two teams in Group B took on South American powerhouse Argentina and favourites to take on African powerhouse Nigeria.

The match was played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, with attacking star Maradona commanding his team in a tidal wave of attacks against Nigeria.

In the third minute, Nigeria's right back Audia inserted an assist, a cross from the right side, Argentine central defender Gutiérrez intercepted unsuccessfully, Nigerian midfielder Obsi took the ball and shook Gutiérrez, and fired a low shot on the left side of the penalty area, and the ball was wide of the goal.

Argentina quickly launched a quick counterattack, moving the football to the front, Messi burst into the left side of the penalty area and crossed, Higuain actually hit the ball off the edge of the small penalty area!

After the resumption of the game, Argentina did not choose to retreat, and they launched ferocious pressing in midfield.

In the sixth minute, Higuain made a steal in front of the court and passed the ball to Messi. The Barcelona striker burst forward with the ball and shot hard in the arc of the penalty area, and the football flew towards the top left of the goal like an arrow!

Nigerian Nyama made a wonderful save to lift the football out of the bottom line!

The veteran Veron took a corner kick from the right side, which made the whole Argentine fans excited - Heinze pressed the opposing defender and rushed to the top with a beautiful header from 11 meters from the goal!

Football hits the net!

The score became 1-0!

The eagles of the Pampas Plateau are beginning to spread their wings and fly!

In the ensuing games, Argentina did not guard with a one-goal lead, and the attacking factor that permeated their blood allowed them to launch wave after wave of attacks towards Nigeria.

However, the best performance in this game was not last year's World Footballer Messi, nor the stadium conductor Veron, but Nigerian goalkeeper Nyama.

Through his wonderful performances, he has defused Argentina's attacks again and again, and he is the firm rock in Argentina's turbulent offensive wave.

Time and time again, Argentina's attacking group retreated in front of him, and Nyama never allowed the Argentines to score again after conceding that goal in the sixth minute.

Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0, and Maradona made his debut as a coach at the World Cup, winning the first game, and he was in a good mood.

Speaking to the media after the game, he said: "I'm very happy with the result, the most important thing in the group stage is to win. Enyama was a great performer tonight, and if it weren't for him, the score would have been 4-0, 5-0! ”

"Messi didn't score, but he played very well and created danger on a number of occasions. I believe that he will get better and better, and he will not disappoint those who like him! (To be continued.) )