Uffff!

South Africa 1 - Mexico 1

Mexico almost lost the first game against South Africa.

Who had the brilliant idea of placing Oscar "the Rabbit" Pérez as a goal-keeper? Of course, Javier "the Vasco" Aguirre, the trainer. Pérez is old and short. The ball passed him over several times. If Mexico had had a taller goal-keeper, there wouldn't have been that South-African goal (which was great, by the way).

The defensive line was Mexico's most obvious issue, something that the French and Uruguayans--our next rivals--must have noticed, of course. The Mexican team is sometimes too innocent: they are too offensive but they are always beaten by surprise.

The other big issue is the problems Mexicans have to score. They had several opportunities but could not strike.

Our next games will be more difficult. We will need a lot of luck.