Teboho Mokoena says Bafana Bafana lost their concentration at the death as they crashed out of the Cosafa Cup on Sunday.
South Africa were 2-0 up at half time against Botswana in their quarterfinal in Durban, but they allowed the Zebras to hit back at set pieces and conceded an equaliser in the last minute to take the game to penalties.
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SuperSport United midfielder Mokoena, who set up Luther Singh for SA’s opener with a brilliant pass, then missed the spot-kick that cost Bafana in the shootout.
And the 22-year-old who was named PSL Young Player of the Year last month, says: “Honestly, I’m very disappointed I think we deserved better.
“We started off well, played well as a team, then we made mistakes.
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"Even the coach warned they are going to concede on setplays, we conceded two. It’s bad.
“But missing the penalty for this team, I disappointed in myself because I always score every penalty.”