Siphiwe Tshabalala: Something to build on

His team may have been denied victory by a late Mexico equaliser but South Africa goalscorer Siphiwe Tshabalala insisted the tournament hosts’ performance in an exciting 1-1 draw in the FIFA World Cup’s Opening Match draw had provided an important morale boost.

“We are still in this competition,” Tshabalala, who was voted Budweiser Man of the Match, told “The good thing is, we can build from this performance today.”

South Africa’s next Group A assigment is against Uruguay at Loftus Stadium in Tshane/ Pretoria next Wednesday and Tshabalala added: “We are leaving Soccer City with our heads up. We now know that we can compete with some of the best players in the world. The most important thing was to get confidence, and I have a feeling that out of this result we got that confidence. We have to improve in some areas, but I