Freshlyground appear during their verse, with lead singer Zolani Mahola and violinist Kyla-Rose Smith "front and center". Towards the end of the video, various child dancers perform solo dance routines. The video interpolates archival footage of past football matches, including the infamous scene of Italian footballer Roberto Baggio missing the decisive penalty in the shootout of the FIFA World Cup Final against Brazil.
Adam Fairholm from IMVDb praised the dance sequences and wrote that while Shakira was "great," the best part of the music video were the appearances by Freshlyground, the children, and the footballers. He praised Raboy for "making everyone seem like a big, happy family" and felt the video was adequately representative of South African culture. He highlighted the footage of a football match showing a "killer slide tackle" as the "key" scene of the video.
There is green lighting in the entire arena and large amounts of confetti are floating in the air. Freshlyground also appeared on the stage and Mahola sang her verse of the song.
Numerous African dancers and musicians accompanied Shakira during the performance. For the performances, Shakira was dressed in a black and white zebra-print jumpsuit coupled with a silk-fringed skirt and bracelets made of brown leather and silver pearls.
Her outfit was designed by Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. Diane Coetzer from Billboard praised the performance and called it the "crowning moment" of the concert show. Although critical of Cavalli's costume, Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers complimented Shakira's performance of the three songs and commended her incorporation of native dancers and musicians in the show, writing: "It was just a symbolic gesture, but a strong one in this evening-long review of pop music's journey from Africa to every corner of the earth, and back.
Pitbull , Jennifer Lopez , and Claudia Leitte 's headlining performance at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony was negatively compared to Shakira's as fans found the former's show disappointing in comparison to the latter's.
Shakira's costume was designed by Cavalli again and consisted of a tulle top, a silk-fringed skirt with floral motifs and a denim belt. The top and belt were embroidered with pearls of various colours. Shakira also wore leather bracelets embellished with floral silk decorations. Billboard critic Coetzer wrote that the performance of the song "parked an ecstatic response" from the spectators. Siddharth Saxena from Times of India described the presentation as a "riot of colour, light and laser show".
During the performances, she invited fans onto the stage to dance with her as confetti "filled the entire arena". With more than 2. Staging the World Cup was a proud moment for the whole of Africa, which had never staged the Olympics and the football gala before. The World Cup song hit the nail on the head with its refrain, This time for Africa. In addition to the dynamic rendition of Shakira, the song also encapsulated the highs and lows of the previous World Cups beautifully.
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