Bafana Bafana star Percy Tau gave an honest assessment of the display in the 1-0 win over Namibia as he addressed his his Man of the Match performance and uncertain club future.
Tau, 25, started in a wide role as a right inside forward in the Southern Derby at Al Salam on Friday evening as coach Stuart Baxter tweaked his tactical system.
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Bongani Zungu, Hlompho Kekana, Sibusiso Vilakazi were all afforded starts in midfield at the expense of Kamohelo Mokotjo, Lebogang Maboe and the injured Dean Furman.
And after unconvincing first-half Zungu netted the all important winner just after the hour mark with a fine header from Tau's inch-perfect corner.
South Africa's first goal of Egypt 2019 seemed to calm the nerves as the likes of Tau and former Mamelodi Sundowns teammate Thema Zwane looked more threatening as the game wore on.
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"I think it was a beter performance, we applied what we missed in the previous match [Ivory Coast] and we are happy that we scored from a set-piece," Tau said after the game.
"It was a difficult match, they put a lot of numbers up front especially after we scored, we tried to come back and be as close as we could so that we're always close to each other when we attack so I think that was working for us quite well.
"Even though there were alot of tied legs at the end, we pushed very hard and credit to the team for the three points."
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The 2018/19 Proximus Player of the Season went on the play down his individual display before touching on his future.
"It's a work in progress for the whole team and we are just proud that it was on our side, we were better in attack even though we didn't take most of them but yeah I'm just happy," Tau said.
"I'm only focused on the games that we have here, the rest of the things [finding a new club] is easy to sort."
Bafana Bafana will play Group A leaders Morocco on Monday, knowing three points will see them qualify for the knockout stage of the continental showpiece.
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