Former Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane has shared his thoughts on Bafana Bafana’s exit from the FIFA World Cup Last 32.
The current crop of players at Bafana made history by reaching the FIFA World Cup knockout stages for the first time.
The hopes were high before facing co-hosts Canada in the Last 32, with some already looking ahead at Netherlands or Morocco as potential Last 16 opponents.
The game looked like it go to extra-time and potentially penalties but deep in Canada found the goal to make it 1-0 in stoppage time to leave millions of South Africans heartbroken.
Speaking after the match, Mosimane applauded Bafana for reaching this stage of the prestigious tournament but also admitted the team didn’t threaten enough in the final third.
“It’s been a good ride, sweet sour taste. We can be proud that the boys have gone to the knockout stages,” Mosimane told Smash Sport.
“But we need more than that if we really looked at Canada – we didn’t look like we could not win but probably did not convince enough in our final third or final pass to say that we could’ve easily won.
“I don’t want to use the word disappointing but I would like to say what are we looking forward to…”
Mosimane himself is among the names linked with the Bafana job, should Hugo Broos indeed step down as he had indicated before the tournament.