Bhoops

I flew back from Johannesburg last night. I was able to watch the South Africa Uruguay game on television. As I alluded to before, staunch South African supporters of the national soccer team Bafana Bafana awoke with a hangover tinged generously with a bout of depression. The politicians were already voicing their call to arms and encouraging the populace to get behind and continue supporting the team. A new angle emerging for the first time to my recollection was the branding of the 16 th June as an unlucky day for South Africa, given the events in 1976 that made this a momentous day in our history. As the day drew to a close, the mammoth task facing the soccer team if they were to qualify for the second round of the tournament. Most persons felt that Bafana had to beat France by 5 nil if they were to succeed. This was not entirely correct. There were various computations including that of the group log leaders Uruguay and Mexico participating in a lopsided match with one team beati...