FIFA World Cup 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup, Nomvethe returns to boost Bafana

Seldom has a player written off so many times penned such epic comeback moments as Siyabonga Nomvethe.

Discounted by many in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nomvethe was nonetheless one of Carlos Alberto Parreira’s surprise inclusions in the Brazilian coach’s provisional 30-man squad. Before his unexpected call-up, Nomvethe had not featured for Bafana Bafana in over three years. His last call up came back in March 2007, when South Africa took Bolivia at Ellis Park. “It’s been a while, but I can tell you, it’s good to be back in the national team,” he said. “When I joined the camp, I got this strange feeling inside of me and I knew at that moment that I had missed this place terribly.”

The last three years, spent largely in obscurity, have been testing for the Moroka Swallow striker. A forgotten man in his home country, he had to struggle with injuries that derailed his progress and, until recently, buried his chances of clawing his way back into the national team set-up. However, late last year, in an attempt to reinvent himself, he decided to return to South Africa and signed for local side, Moroka Swallows.

It was his performances with Swallows that prompted a last-minute change of heart for Parreira. At 33, what Nomvethe doesn’t have is time on his side. “All I want to do is to contribute towards making this World Cup a memorable one for my country. I hope that I can add value in this team,” he told FIFA.com.

While South Africa continue to enjoy healthy possession rates, one of their most glaring weaknesses remains a failure to convert chances into goals. During the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the South Africans impressed, but paid the price for their own profligacy. The absence of their most prolific goalscocer, Benni McCarthy, has often been blamed for these goalscoring problems. However, with the returning McCarthy’s lack of game time due to injuries still concerning Parreira, he has called on Nomvethe’s experience to provide mentorship to some of his young strikers that include the rapidly-improving Katlego Mphela and Bernard Parker. Mphela, in particular, has hailed the veteran’s impact within the camp.

Nomvethe certainly comes with impressive experience, having sampled top-level football in three different European countries. He made his overseas break with Italian side Udinese in 2001 and went on to star for the likes of Danish side Aalborg, Djurgaderns IF in Sweden and Italian duo Empoli and Salernitana.

At the peak of his career, Nomvethe was one of South Africa’s key strikers, and remained hopeful of a return even as his star steadily faded. “I have never retired, even though a lot of people thought I had given up on the prospects of playing for my country,” he said. “Even when the coaches were ignoring me, I never gave up. I knew that all I needed to do was to be prepared and ready for an opportunity to represent my country again.”

The Durban-born striker, whose first Bafana Bafana appearance came 11 years ago, also has his own unique place in South African football history. It was Nomvethe, after all, who scored the only goal in South Africa’s maiden FIFA World Cup victory: a 1-0 win over Slovenia at Korea/Japan 2002. “I will never forget that game and that goal was special, probably one of my proudest moments in football,” he recalled. His hope now is that history will repeat itself.

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FIFA World Cup 2010 Schedule:

Stage 1:

Group A

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
1	11/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JSC		South Africa	Background	Mexico
2	11/06 20:30	Cape Town		Uruguay	Background	France
17	16/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		South Africa	Background	Uruguay
18	17/06 20:30	Polokwane		France	Background	Mexico
33	22/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Mexico	Background	Uruguay
34	22/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		France	Background	South Africa

Group B

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
3	12/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Argentina	Background	Nigeria
4	12/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Korea Republic	Background	Greece
19	17/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Greece	Background	Nigeria
20	17/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Argentina	Background	Korea Republic
35	22/06 20:30	Durban		Nigeria	Background	Korea Republic
36	22/06 20:30	Polokwane		Greece	Background	Argentina

Group C

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
5	12/06 20:30	Rustenburg		England	Background	USA
6	13/06 13:30	Polokwane		Algeria	Background	Slovenia
22	18/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovenia	Background	USA
23	18/06 20:30	Cape Town		England	Background	Algeria
37	23/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Slovenia	Background	England
38	23/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		USA	Background	Algeria

Group D

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
7	13/06 20:30	Durban		Germany	Background	Australia
8	13/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		Serbia	Background	Ghana
21	18/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Germany	Background	Serbia
24	19/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Ghana	Background	Australia
39	23/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Ghana	Background	Germany
40	23/06 20:30	Nelspruit		Australia	Background	Serbia

Group E

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
9	14/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Netherlands	Background	Denmark
10	14/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Japan	Background	Cameroon
25	19/06 13:30	Durban		Netherlands	Background	Japan
26	19/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Cameroon	Background	Denmark
43	24/06 20:30	Rustenburg		Denmark	Background	Japan
44	24/06 20:30	Cape Town		Cameroon	Background	Netherlands

Group F

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
11	14/06 20:30	Cape Town		Italy	Background	Paraguay
12	15/06 13:30	Rustenburg		New Zealand	Background	Slovakia
27	20/06 13:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Slovakia	Background	Paraguay
28	20/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Italy	Background	New Zealand
41	24/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovakia	Background	Italy
42	24/06 16:00	Polokwane		Paraguay	Background	New Zealand

Group G

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
13	15/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Côte d’Ivoire	Background	Portugal
14	15/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Brazil	Background	Korea DPR
29	20/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Brazil	Background	Côte d’Ivoire
30	21/06 13:30	Cape Town		Portugal	Background	Korea DPR
45	25/06 16:00	Durban		Portugal	Background	Brazil
46	25/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Korea DPR	Background	Côte d’Ivoire

Group H

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
15	16/06 13:30	Nelspruit		Honduras	Background	Chile
16	16/06 16:00	Durban		Spain	Background	Switzerland
31	21/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Chile	Background	Switzerland
32	21/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Spain	Background	Honduras
47	25/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Chile	Background	Spain
48	25/06 20:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Switzerland	Background	Honduras

Stage 2:

Round of 16

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
49	26/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		1A	-	2B
50	26/06 20:30	Rustenburg		1C	-	2D
51	27/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		1D	-	2C
52	27/06 20:30	Johannesburg		1B	-	2A
53	28/06 16:00	Durban		1E	-	2F
54	28/06 20:30	Johannesburg		1G	-	2H
55	29/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		1F	-	2E
56	29/06 20:30	Cape Town		1H	-	2G

Quarter-finals

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
57	02/07 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		W53	-	W54
58	02/07 20:30	Johannesburg		W49	-	W50
59	03/07 16:00	Cape Town		W52	-	W51
60	03/07 20:30	Johannesburg		W55	-	W56

Semi-finals

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
61	06/07 20:30	Cape Town		W58	-	W57
62	07/07 20:30	Durban		W59	-	W60

Match for third place

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
63	10/07 20:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		L61	-	L62

Final

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
64	11/07 20:30	Johannesburg		W61	-	W62