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Pretoria - Fans had mixed feelings about Bafana Bafana's draw against Mexico in their opening World Cup match, as they were making their way out of Tshwane's Fan Fest site at SuperSport park on Friday.

An elderly man, clutching his vuvuzela and wearing a South African flag on his back, staggered behind an empty beer stall peering into his plastic cup. Lifting the cup to his lips, he emptied the dredges that were in it and then proceeded to vomit.

In the stadium, another man walked around lopsided while emptying his cup.

The fan park's beer had run out early in the match, causing a lot of unhappiness among fans.

Military police milled about as the 20 000-strong crowd of fans celebrated the first goal of the game scored by Bafana Bafana.

Serge Tiotie from Cameroon came to watch his country play in the tournament but admitted to also being an avid Bafana Bafana supporter.

"In short, it has been wonderful. The vibe here is great. I am a Bafana Bafana supporter. I am an African supporter."

Showed character

Klaas Mokoena from Pretoria said even though it had been a draw, the team had played well. He was disappointed in the coach for having only one striker on the field, however.

"I am still crying about the coach, I think he was very slow to think," said Mokoena.
He was proud of the team.

"They showed the character."

Nita van Zyl, also from Pretoria, said her friends had been critical about her attending the fan fest saying that there "would just be blacks there".

"But it's not like that at all, there is no race here. I would rather be here than in some pub," she said.

Centurion resident Jowi Nkwe left the stadium shaking his head in disbelief.

"Why did it end up like this? A tie is not really what we wanted, I'm not really chuffed at all."

Nkwe, in a very hoarse voice, said that he had been screaming all day for a team that turned out to disappoint him.

"The team, the defence part of it, was really not up to scratch."

Want to go

As many of the fans hurried out of the stadium, some walking over a kilometre to their cars, one man with a painted face shouted: "I just want to get out."

Others straddled behind at a much slower pace concentrating on walking and puffing on their hubbly bubblies.

This, while most others blew on vuvuzelas.