BBC Radio Five Live, during the second half of this game, described Diego Maradona as being "just the wrong side of squat". I wish to add that to my list of footballing euphemisms (see previous entry).
Meanwhile, on the pitch: we've probably seen one of the potential winners of the tournament. Although, for me, Argentina played a little bit too much like a side trying to play like potential winners of the tournament.
None more so than Lionel Messi. He's the best footballer on the planet but he knows that, if history is going to elevate him alongside his current coach, he needs to dominate a World Cup finals. Here he played like a man determined to score a wonder goal. You get the feeling that, between now and July 11th, he'll get at least one. But he can probably do it without having to look so desperate.
The fact that Argentina could easily have come away from Johannesburg with only a point tells its own story. The fact that they didn't, spells trouble for the rest of us...
In other news: this match was accompanied by a bowl of chicken soup and a ham & pickle sandwich. That's the ham all finished.
THE STORY SO FAR
Match of the tournament: South Africa 1-1 Mexico
Player of the tournament: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
Goal of the tournament: Tshabalala (South Africa v Mexico)
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