I stopped by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo here in Monterrey yesterday and stood for a long time before a piece by Pedro Coronel — all that controlled explosion of colour, geometry forcing its way through chaos — and I thought, yes, this is Son Heung-min's game exactly. South Korea's midfield, orchestrated by Lee Kang-in pulling strings in those half-spaces, will simply overwhelm a South Africa side that looks solid in defence but offers Lyle Foster too little service to work with. Kim Min-jae sweeping up behind gives Korea the foundation to attack freely and often, and South Africa's goalkeeper Ricardo Goss will face a very long, very educational evening.

South Korea's midfield superiority here is simply suffocating — Lee Kang-in will have the freedom to dictate tempo and pick passes into Son Heung-min, who looks a class above anything Bafana Bafana can throw at him defensively tonight. South Africa's backline will hold reasonably firm early, but seventeen attacking sequences against six tells you this Korean side is relentlessly pressing in waves, and South Africa's midfield — Mokoena aside — simply doesn't have the engine to match that output for ninety minutes. I actually attempted a *pan dulce de Monterrey* before the broadcast this morning, and while my shaping was respectably precise, the locals here would not be impressed — much like South Africa's chances of containing this Korean attack beyond the first half.