Damien Delaney

then all of a sudden you can get it and get turned and people are like, oh no, no, I'm in trouble because he's turned.

So he's just got to learn that.

But again, against Curaçao who are, you know, trying their best, you know, he is going to get a lot of time.

Yeah, so everyone's saying it's not good.

I don't like it.

And everyone says, you know, the rhythm of the game.

But what are we seeing here?

The first game of the tournament, Joe, Mexico are 1-0 up.

Jimenez scores 65 minutes.

Off into the corner and celebrates.

and then all of a sudden we're all walking back for a hydration break, right?

Goals are so important for the psyche of players on both sides of it, right?

Over the years, we've seen somebody, excuse me, score the second goal, go 2-0 up, game restarts, and all of a sudden South Africa, but any instruction from the manager's side, right, gloves are coming off here, I'm not worried about my structure anymore, we're going for this, we've got 25 minutes, let's have a right good go here.

And the old saying of sometimes you're at your most vulnerable when you score because you've gone 2-0 up in a home World Cup, the emotion in the stadium, your mind wanders, headlines tomorrow, we're going to have a couple of beers tonight.

You know what I mean?

We're heroes.

The country loves us.

And if South Africa nick a goal there 68 minutes, all of a sudden the flow of the game, the psyche of both sets of players just absolutely changes because Mexico have gone from the ultimate hive winning to like, oh my God, we've got to hang on here now.

We can't throw away a two-goal lead at a home World Cup, right?

But there's a four-minute break directly after that goal.