00:00...formation than in their previous match, with midfielder Makaleli replacing defender Jackson.
00:04Former lead striker Phil Masinga was on the bench.
00:07Sean Bartlett came into the side.
00:09Denmark made one change, with Tottenham's Alan Nielsen replacing Morten Vikhorst of Celtic in midfield.
00:14And Tony Gabber watched it.
00:19Headed on by Fortune, number seven.
00:21Then Bartlett.
00:27Radibis Heder.
00:30This is Miatty losing possession.
00:33Loudrup for Jornsson, number 21.
00:38Good cross.
00:39Still there.
00:44The shot finally by number 19, San.
00:47Although it was Alan Nielsen who almost got his head on the cross when it came in for the first
00:52time.
00:54And there was a good block by the defender.
00:57Issa.
01:07South Africa's most notable achievement on the international stage was hosting and winning the African Nations Cup in 1996.
01:20Fortune.
01:22This will be kept in play by McCarthy.
01:28Back to Fortune.
01:31He's muscled out of it.
01:46He's muscled out of it.
01:53But South Africa's showing a positive start in a game from which they've got to get something.
02:04And here's Nielsen.
02:06And here's Niaty.
02:12A little bit of a shirt tug but play waved on.
02:15And here's Jornsson.
02:18Laudrup.
02:19It's still in play.
02:21Sand.
02:27Oh, that's stolen by Denmark.
02:29Just a bit sharper in the challenge at the moment than South Africa.
02:35Well, there was a player free at the back post.
02:37First attempt by Laudrup was blocked.
02:40Stolen from the grasp of Fonk.
02:43The defender covering.
02:44Just getting the touch which proved critical.
02:55And here's Brian Laudrup.
02:57And here's Brian Laudrup.
02:58And here's Brian Laudrup.
03:00Oh, there's a player arriving at the back post.
03:03Alan Nielsen.
03:10Denmark take the lead with just over 12 minutes played.
03:19And a terrific ball to pick him out.
03:22Arriving completely unmarked at the back post.
03:26And somewhere in that South African defence,
03:28somebody had gone to sleep because they ought to have tracked back with Alan Nielsen.
03:33And they didn't.
03:34And they paid an early price.
03:45Jornsson for Brian Laudrup.
03:47Lovely back heel.
03:48Newig's exactly where Haleve was.
03:53Oh, that's only just over the top.
03:57Michael Laudrup.
04:03Only one left of the Danish 1986 World Cup final squad.
04:08Made his international debut back in 1982.
04:16Mark Rieper into the six-yard box
04:20as Denmark take this corner.
04:23Oh, it's in the post!
04:30Fonk was very, very lucky.
04:34Jornsson's corner from that left-hand side
04:36beat him in the air
04:38back off the post.
04:40And then the follow-up header was straight at him.
04:46South Africa making their first-ever appearance
04:49in the World Cup Finals.
04:52Oh, a misunderstanding between Hock and Peter Schmeichel.
05:02Fish is still forward, number five.
05:05Hit in low.
05:10McCarthy arrived.
05:12I think it was Michele who had the ball at his feet
05:14and couldn't turn.
05:19Several things for the management team
05:22to note in this first half.
05:25Beyond the fact that they lead 1-0.
05:30Shondeh the defender.
05:33Oh, a good challenge as well.
05:35Oh, the shot struck his own man.
05:37McCarthy.
05:38Oh, yeah!
05:38Oh!
05:40All he had to do was touch it in.
05:44Number 11, Michele.
05:47Somehow he got his feet completely mixed up.
05:53South Africa still enjoying a good spell
05:55of prolonged possession.
05:58Finally broken up by Alan Nielsen.
06:02Gladrup can get up ahead of Steam.
06:06He's got Jornsson on his right.
06:08Sand was on the left.
06:10Oh, they've hit the post again.
06:21Well, the player who made his international debut in April.
06:24Still looking for his first international goal.
06:45Fish with the throw.
06:49Moshueu.
06:51Oh, a chance here for McCarthy!
06:55It's South Africa's first goal in the World Cup Finals.
07:01Benedict McCarthy, 20 years of age.
07:07Who in his early days as a footballer
07:09had to share his boots with his brother.
07:13Now with Ajax in Holland,
07:16has got an historic goal.
07:19Lovely little flick by number nine Bartlett.
07:22And it went through the legs of Peter Schmeichel.
07:39Here's Alan Nielsen.
07:42Dragged down, free kick.
07:46And a yellow card.
07:49For Issa.
07:58Brian Laudrup.
08:01Flashes wide of the post.
08:03The referee has pointed corner.
08:08Yes, it just caught the top of one of the defender's heads.
08:13Otherwise, that might well have found the back of the net.
08:16It's another corner to Denmark, which...
08:24Flank claims swell.
08:32Here's the substitute, Molnar.
08:37Well, South Africa protesting that his foot was up.
08:43And this referee is reaching to his top pocket, and it's a red card.
08:50Well, the last few minutes have really been extraordinary.
08:56Well, the ball gets away from him.
08:58His control wasn't that good.
08:59It's very clumsy, the challenge on Radaby.
09:04There didn't seem to be any great evidence of intent.
09:10Well, he certainly stood on his ankle, but I think Molnar will feel very aggrieved to have been sent off.
09:21Thierry, number eight.
09:25Oh, there's going to be something else here.
09:28It's another red card.
09:30What is going on?
09:37Well, there's a flailing arm which catches Halevay, but Halevay was wrapped all over him like a shirt.
09:47Well, you wonder how much that was influenced by what had just gone before.
09:58Well, it's nicely played in by Fortune.
10:05There's Nyati arriving on that left side, and it needed a good bit of sharp goalkeeping by Peter Schmeichel.
10:26Looks like number two, Schoenberg, who's going to come off to be replaced by a number 14,
10:31Wieghorst.
10:42Issa put his face down very low.
10:47Free kick to Denmark.
10:53And Rieper takes the free kick.
11:00Wieghorst.
11:04Well, the Celtic combination.
11:09Almost helping to produce a goal for Denmark.
11:16It's a free kick, it looks like it's going to be a, oh, it's a red card.
11:23I can't believe it.
11:25There is bewilderment.
11:27Oh, there's a foul.
11:29There's a free kick.
11:31Maybe there's a yellow card, but red?
11:37Fortune.
11:39It's a great strike.
11:41Oh, he beat Schmeichel in the air and was only denied by the crossbar.
11:46And a free kick given for the tussle that followed it.
11:50But there's a man who kept the ball down.
11:53Schmeichel was beaten.
11:55Well, as good a strike of a ball as we've seen in the competition so far by Quinton Fortune.
12:06We move towards a fourth minute of added on time.
12:10Mikelele to Mosheu.
12:13We've got it, we've got it!
12:17Danish lips are the first to whistle.
12:24Mosheu trying to find Messinga.
12:26Header was directed the wrong way.
12:29Brian Laudrup will get to it first and this will run down precious seconds for Denmark.
12:39That's the final whistle.
12:41One won the score.
12:43The points are shared.
12:46But in a match in which in truth you'd have to say, I don't remember a really nasty moment or
12:51a vicious challenge.
12:52There was no intent apparent, but somehow the Colombian referee found the reason to send off three players.
13:04None the less.
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