Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says he felt like they were playing away with the amount visiting supporters at Orlando Stadium.
Bafana wrapped up their international fixtures with a 1-0 win over Congo in a friendly courtesy of a first-half goal by Lyle Foster.
Congo seemed to have more supporters in the stands cheering on their team and Broos grew in the game because of the support they got from their fans.
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"I think it was a difficult game for us today, I had a feeling we played outside (of the country), there were more supporters from Congo than us and that's a little bit disappointing," Broos told SABC Sport.
"You need them in such a game. You need the supporters, the team of Congo grew in the game because their supporters were supporting them and let's hope in the future we'll have more supporters.
"Besides that, again, it was a very difficult game, we played against a good team and for us it was a little bit…not enough but okay, you can win those games also and that was the most important thing today," he said.
The Belgian went on and appreciated more players raising their hand in the squad after he was asked about the emergence of Bathusi Aubaas.
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"For me as a coach it's better to have too many players than not enough. Foster is there, he was not there with Liberia, with Morocco okay that is for us something positive," he said.
"I also saw positive things about other players, therefore this camp with a draw and a win, I think I'm very happy that we had this camp."
Bafana will be in action again next month when they host Eswatini and visit 2024 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast in international friendlies and Broos also said that they will learn a lot from playing the Elephants and should be ready for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in November.
"Next month we have again a very tough game against Ivory Coast. We need those games and maybe in the past we didn't get enough, to play against those opponents and even if you lose against such an opponent, you learn a lot," he went on.
"So now with DRC, next month Ivory Coast, I think after the camp next month we will be ready for the qualifiers," he added.
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