Speaking after their goalless draw against Namibia, Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos said that the team had missed a player like Themba Zwane in the game.
While Bafana dominated the match, they were unable to find the back of the net against the Brave Warriors, who did well to thwart the South African chances and collect a goalless draw.
After the game, Broos was asked by iDiski Times at the presser if he was not tempted to tweak his formation, considering their domination of possession.
The Belgian coach said it was something he noticed in the first half – that they did not have a player to fill Themba Zwane’s usual role in the team, and so he had to make changes in the second half.
“I think that was a little bit of a problem in the first half,” Broos said in response to iDiski Times at the post match presser.
“So number 18 I think for Namibia was always free. So we didn’t have a real number nine, like Themba Zwane, for example.
“That’s the player we missed, that kind of player we missed today. But okay, Themba was not there, we made a choice.
“And the second half was better. We were more closer to the man we were higher also and the space for Namibia was not so big any more than in the first half with certain moments.
“But okay, again for me it was an interesting game to see, how we behave yourself because we thought they should play with two in front of the defence and one behind, but they did the opposite with one in front and two in front of the defence and too a little bit higher.
“But we couldn’t adapt. So yes, we have to learn from that because that can happen in a game also.”
