There was much said about South Africans heading for the exits with 10 minutes to play in Pretoria. (I was close to several Australian Uruguayans who 'politely' inquired as to why they weren't staying to support their team at precisely the moment they needed to be supported. I concurred aloud. Had they not heard we were notorious for conceding late goals?)
The story that was not told, however, was the Uruguayan stay behind. 2,000-3,000 Uruguayans celebrated La Celeste's beat down of the Bafana Bafana with a few beats of their own!
(Check out the mobile ringing about 36 seconds in the recording. That was Producer Ben of The Guardian trying to get through to me.)
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