Mphela, who has now scored 17 goals in 36 appearances since making his senior national team debut in February 2005, previously criticized Carlos Alberto Parreira's Brazilian system that isolated him upfront, arguing that teams such as Uruguay score goals because they play two upfront. However, ‘Killer' feels the formation applied by head coach Pitso Mosimane put Bafana on an advantage against a Ghana side restricted to a few attempts at goal. "I think since I played with Bernard (Parker), with any other striker, I have played well because I can move where I want. I think that has been the difference for me. Bernard can go beyond the defenders and I can hold the ball well, so I think it is very important to play with two strikers, especially when we play against the African teams. They are organized at the back. We can kill a lot of times with two strikers," said the 25-year-old. Mosimane was seemingly unimpressed with Mphela talking tactics, saying he makes such decisions. "I will play 4-3-3 if I have to. I decide," he said, adding that he was frustrated with Mphela, who had failed to convert two one-on-one chances in the first ten minutes. "We could have wrapped it up when we had two chances in the beginning and I was a little bit frustrated with Katlego. In this kind of games you must take your chances, because you never know what will happen in the second half," Mosimane added. However, Mphela, who scored the solitary goal, gave his side of the story as to why he was not so clinical in front of goal initially before netting the winner in the 42nd minute. "I had two good chances and I didn't take them… I'm not making any excuses. I was a bit sluggish but I have just come back for preseason. I will get better as the season goes," Mphela added.
