南非球迷“呜呜祖拉”喇叭气势如虹

South Africa's vuvuzela trumped¹ the Mexican wave in the big match of the day in the stands while Mexico salvaged² a late draw against the hosts in the World Cup opening game on Friday.

世界杯揭幕战于本周五打响，虽然墨西哥队在比赛后半段扳回一分，与东道主南非队战平，但赛场看台上南非球迷的（加油长喇叭）“呜呜祖拉”声却赛过了墨西哥球迷的人浪。

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South African fans blow the "vuvuzela" trumpets before the 2010 World Cup opening match between Mexico and South Africa at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg June 11, 2010.

Tens of thousands of fans blasted the plastic trumpet³（喇叭） in the match against hosts South Africa, creating a cacophony⁵（刺耳的音调） of sound to spur（激励，鞭策） their team on -- or to simply spar（争论，拳击） with other supporters.

The din⁶（喧嚣） was ceaseless throughout the 90 minutes of the match and many kept blowing their instruments through halftime（中场休息） . The only let-up（停止，减弱） was during the two national anthems⁷ before the match.

More than 84,000 people were treated to a pulsating⁸（脉动的） first match of the 2010 tournament at Johannesburg's Soccer City, which ended 1-1 amid often deafening⁹ noise, and the South Africans want more of the same at their remaining Group A games.

"That is our 13th man. It is our weapon," captain Aaron Mokoena said after the match.

The trumpet has not been universally well received with some foreign players complaining it drowns out（淹没，压过） team communication and TV viewers saying the sound, much like a swarm¹⁰ of gigantic bees, is annoying.

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk has banned spectators from blowing them at his team's training sessions.

Mexican defender¹¹ Carlos Salcido was not concerned, though.

"It is not a problem. The South Africans were having their party and that's great. We were concentrating and it didn't bother us," he said.

On Friday the racket（吵闹） at times seemed almost rhythmical¹², developing into a contest between different corners of the stadium, and supporters taking turns to outblast the other side.

The noise reached a peak in injury time（伤停补时） when the home supporters tried, and failed, to push Bafana Bafana to a late winning goal.