Lebogang Mothiba has urged Bafana Bafana to move on from their Africa Cup of Nations opening defeat to Ivory Coast in a bid to focus on securing maximum points against Namibia on Friday.
Stuart Baxter's side made unwanted history in their Afcon 2019 opener on Monday night, succumbing to their first-ever loss to the West African outfit courtesy of Jonathan Kodjia's solitary strike in the 64th minute of the tie at the Al Salam Stadium.
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Mothiba, 23, who barely had a sniff at goal against the Ivorians, has reflected on the clash and conceded that it was not an easy task for the South Africans, whom he feels will need to implement a "better strategy" in their must-win clash against the Brave Warriors on Friday night.
"It was a difficult match, but we have to forget it and focus on the next game," the France-based striker said in a press conference.
"Cote d'Ivoire is a very good team, with good players. But for us, we need to work harder and employ a better strategy in order to win our next match."
Bafana and Namibia languish in joint-bottom position in the Group D standings after suffering respective 1-0 defeats in their Afcon openers against The Elephants and Morocco, respectively.