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What happened Raul Jimenez scores as World Cup hosts Mexico grab opening win over South Africa.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-left South Africa down to NINE players after second red The Age (Australia) · Center-left · News report
Center Raul Jimenez scores as World Cup hosts Mexico grab opening win over South Africa The Belfast Telegraph · Center · News report
Right / center-right No matching source in this bucket yet. Optics keeps watching for pickup.
SEE THE HEADLINES
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Raul Jimenez scores as World Cup hosts Mexico grab opening win over South Africa Open source C · Center High
South Africa down to NINE players after second red VAR intervened on a foul, which led to South Africa’s Themba Zwane earning his team's second red card of the match for slapping a rival.
Open source CL · Center-left Mostly Factual
South Africa down to NINE players after second red south down nine players after
VAR intervened on a foul, which led to South Africa’s Themba Zwane earning his team's second red card of the match for slapping a rival.
Open source CL · Center-left Mostly Factual
Amid three red cards, Mexico get home World Cup off to flying start The co-hosts had been involved in seven matches, which either alone or jointly opened previous tournaments, but had won none of them.
Open source C · Center High
Two goals, three red cards and an opening-day win for hosts Mexico Open source C · Center High
Three red cards in World Cup opening game as Mexico beat S’Africa 2-0 three cards world opening
South Africa coach Hugo Broos had warned his players to be ready for the intimidating atmosphere created by a capacity 80,824 crowd at the imposing concrete arena.
Open source Details Score hidden · 6 sources · 2 bias buckets Score hidden until the match is cleaner Needs review confidence 6 sources · 2 bias buckets Needs review · outlier detected Formats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Jun 11, 9:17 PM: Vanguard (Nigeria) joined the source map.
Jun 11, 9:25 PM: Irish Independent joined the source map.
Jun 11, 9:27 PM: The Journal (Ireland) joined the source map.
Jun 11, 9:42 PM: The Belfast Telegraph joined the source map.
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