France vs Mexico: World Cup 2010 Live Twitter Coverage

by Jordan Yerman | June 16, 2010 at 01:45 pm

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France (FRA) vs Mexico (MEX): World Cup 2010 Group A Action Continues

France faces Mexico on June 17 at 8:30pm local time (6:30pm GMT, 2:30pm EDT, 11:30am PDT) at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. We will be providing live Twitter coverage via SCAN- just click on the widget below to see a full detail page.

World Cup 2010 Feature Coverage

France and Mexico have their work cut out for them. Since Uruguay just shut down South Africa with three goals, they seem like a lock to advance, having turned in the only definitively superior performance in Group A.

France enters the match with a one-goal deficit, and a rocky road to qualification in the first place. Mexico, on the other hand, has a discouraging record against European teams in the World Cup finals. Will this be Mexico's year to buck the trend?

Players to watch
Carlos Vela vs Abou Diaby

Arsenal striker Vela, a star of Mexico’s FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning side in 2005, could end up facing no fewer than four club colleagues in defenders William Gallas, Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy and midfield man Abou Diaby, who is charged with shielding Les Bleus’ rearguard after the withdrawal of Lassana Diarra from the squad. Both Vela and Diaby put in promising shifts in their respective openers, with the young Mexican looking lively throughout and the marauding Frenchman winning plenty of tackles and carrying a threat going forward.