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#4 South Africa 2 France 1 (2010)
It was a case of karma coming back to haunt the French in this World Cup. The side controversially qualified to the 2010 tournament in South Africa courtesy of Thierry Henry's open handball incident which led to France's victory over Ireland in 2009.
On June 22, 2010, South Africa humbled France 2-1 in their final Group A match. As hosts, Bafana Bafana received overwhelming support. Goals by Bongani Khumalo (20th minute) and Katlego Mphela (37th minute) enabled the African nation to prevail. There was also a rift reported in the French camp that involved captain Patrice Evra, coach Raymond Domenech and Nicholas Anelka who was later sent home.
It was France that started the match stronger with Domenech making six changes to the side that lost to Mexico in their second match. Les Blues threatened early in that match through Andre Gignac and Abou Diaby whose efforts were easily saved by Moneeb Josephs in goal.
Substitute Florent Malouda pulled one back for the French after being set up by Frank Ribery but the African side defended brilliantly. South Africa had 21 attempts on goal to France's 10, figures that summarised how this match turned out.
