Relebohile Mofokeng on Bafana Bafana's defeat to Cameroon: It haunts me that I could not bury the opportunity to give Bafana the lead earlier

Relebohile Mofokeng is gutted.

The Orlando Pirates midfielder feels had he converted a scoring opportunity for Bafana Bafana early on against Cameroon, perhaps, Bafana would have won against Cameroon.

The nippy player received a splendid pass from Oswin Appollis within the first 10 minutes of the match, controlled it with his chest and faced goal-wards but took his shot over the bar.

“I think that chance was the one that could have opened the game for us,” said Mofokeng on SABC TV.

“I also take responsibility that I should have scored that chance, but we created a lot of chances, and we should have used our chances. It’s not the first time that we trailed 1-0 and we encouraged each other that we could get a goal.

“We didn’t lose hope because we believed we could progress from the last 16 round. Our spirits were high because the game wasn’t over yet, it had just started.

“We should have continued to work hard and continued to play how we did because I think we had the game in our hands we just needed to use our opportunities.”