Bafana Bafana will be fighting to stay in the Africa Cup of Nations when they face Namibia and South African legendary coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed where they need to improve.
Bafana started their AFCON campaign on the back foot after a 2-0 defeat to Mali on Tuesday evening.
If there was anything to blame for South Africa's defeat, it was arguably Percy Tau's penalty miss early in the first stanza while the score was still nil-nil.
Mali coach Eric Chelle admitted after the game that if Bafana had scored that penalty, the result of the match could have turned out differently.
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From South Africa's perspective, the Al Ahly forward received criticism from fans, who are second-guessing whether Bafana would have been 1-0 up if that spot-kick was taken by Teboho Mokoena, who also availed himself and is one of the designated penalty takers along with Tau and Aubrey Modiba, according head coach Hugo Broos.
Mosimane, however, says the former Mamelodi Sundowns forward was the best attacking player for Bafana despite missing a penalty and suggested that South Africa needs to improve upfront ahead of their meeting against Namibia.
"We have a very good team and I think South Africa can improve but to be honest, besides the penalty that Percy missed, Percy is the only one who looks like he can create a chance to score," Mosimane said on SuperSport TV.
"I know people will say I'm talking for Percy and all that (but) look at the runs he makes, the opportunities he created.
"Okay, he was a bit emotional (after missing a penalty), he should have crossed one of the balls but he went on to shoot because he wanted to rectify the mistake he did," he said.
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"We have a good team but in the final third we don't bite as much as we should bite," he added.
Bafana will have an opportunity to get points on the board in the Southern African derby against the Brave Warriors on Sunday.