Soccer 2010 Group A
South Africa: Star Players: Watch out for talented midfield maestro “ Steven Pienaar ”. Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira , is from Brazil Stats: South Africa have failed to make it beyond the group stages of their two previous FIFA world cup appearances. Their first appearance was in France 1998, second in 2002. This is their 3rd appearance. Captain: Aaron Makoena (country’s most capped player) ------------------------------------------ Mexico: Star Players: Veteran playmaker Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Younger team mates such as Guillermo Ochoa, Efrain Juarez, Andres Guardado and Giovani dos Santos are also in good form. Coach: Javier Aguirre is Mexico's most successful coach of recent times. Stats: Mexico have qualified for the FIFA world cup finals 14 times in all. Mexico's achieved their best-ever performances in the finals as tournament hosts in 1970 and 1986, reaching the last eight on both occasions. Captain: Rafael Marquez --------------------------...