Staff Reporter.
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos was disappointed with his side’s performance in the win over Zimbabwe on Thursday evening.
South Africa have put themselves in a strong position to advance from Group G of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers after they defeated Zimbabwe 1-0 at the FNB Stadium on Thursday evening.
The result – secured by a first-half goal from Teboho Mokoena – means Bafana Bafana have a three-point lead over nearest chasers and final opponents Ghana heading into their last match away from home on Sunday night.
Only a defeat at the hands of the Black Stars will prevent SA from becoming one of the 10 teams in the playoff round next year, though no game against Ghana should be taken for granted.
The Warriors, meanwhile, remain bottom of the log after claiming just one point from their five outings in Group G.
“I’m happy with the result but not with the performance, we didn’t do a very good performance today, the opponent was more aggressive than us,” Broos said.
“They were more better on the ball, we were a little bit soft today, I don’t know why, lucky for us it was 1-0 and they didn’t score because they had chances also, so I can’t be happy with the performance today.
“Ok, we’re in a good position, we go to Ghana but we have to know the performance has to be much better on Sunday because we’ll be playing against a much better team also.
“So again I don’t know what happened today with my team, they were not aggressive, I don’t know why but again we won the game and that is the most important.
“We wanted to change because you could see it was not good, it was not only one player, it was all the team, we tried to change somethings with other players, it was a little bit better but again. We missed the aggression today, we lost every duel and this is not good.
Broos was impressed with the goal on the night, but still wants to see more from his side against Ghana.
“Yes, it was a good opener, we scored on a set-piece, this is something where we’re strong but again on the other side it was not good today, not enough and I hope we will do better on Sunday,” he added.
The teams will wrap up their group stage campaign on Sunday, 14 November, with SA away to Ghana in Cape Coast and Zimbabwe hosting Ethiopia in Harare.