Siphiwe Tshabalala of South Africa scores the first soccer goal of the world cup, and it’s a beauty.

Siphiwe Tshabalala – South Africa vs. Mexico (Click video to play off-site at fifa.com)

It was either one of the most poorly officiated games in soccer history, or one of the roughest, but South Africa defeated Colombia 2-1 and every single goal was scored by penalty kick.

A total of four penalty kicks were awarded the first was missed.