What a start!

And we're off and away! I'd have loved to see South Africa win the first match, but Mexico played a great game and the draw was deserved. I love how both teams played such fun, attacking football. Let's hope for more of that.

Here's a really cool way to follow the world's reaction to the match via Twitter. The Guardian's "Twitter Replay" graphically shows the number of people tweeting top words like "goal" and "mex" as the match progresses.  Pretty cool.

I didn't film today, because I wanted to just soak in the joy of the opening day... however I will be filming tomorrow at Richmond's Penny Lane Pub for the USA-England match. The place is owned by a Liverpudlian, and tends to be a mix of Americans and English expats, so the atmosphere's sure to be electric.  The bartender recommended I arrive by 7am (the match begins at 2pm). I'm going to hope he was exaggerating and show up around 10 or 11.

Okay, France - Uruguay now.  We'll see if France can pull it together and do better that "the hand of Gaul" and if Uruguay (winners of the first ever World Cup) can win back some of that glory of the old days.