There is a huge advantage to playing at home and South African supporters might be getting a little excited as a 2-1 victory over Colombia last night saw them go 10 games unbeaten, right before they kick off the most important month in South African football history. Could the fairy tale World Cup really have a fairy tale ending?

One thing is for sure; anything is possible in football and the unexpected usually happens. Look at the likes of Birmingham City surviving in the Premier League or Liverpool finishing 7th - nobody predicted these things could happen, but they did.

And having the World Cup on home soil with home support and home comforts, it is possible that South Africa will surprise a few. England beat Mexico the other night so South African supporters will know they can win that match and South Africa also looked very good against Bulgaria recently, so they will know their football is getting better.

But the match last night was a true test and South Africa showed the world that they are ready. In front of a home crowd at Soccer City the football was controlled and the the match played itself out pretty much exactly how they wanted. If they can do this for the first three matches of the World Cup; who knows what is possible.

"This was an important friendly against a very good side with experience and ten players in Europe," said coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.

"They gave us a tough time but I'm proud - we fought, got a result and controlled the game at times."

South Africa have two warm up games left; Guatemala in Polokwane on Monday and Denmark in Atteridgeville on June 5th.