Hugo Broos credits the win over Lesotho to lessons from the AFCON

Playing in front of a sold-out new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane last night, Bafana needed two quick goals in the second half from Relebohile Mofokeng and Jayden Adams to clinch this result.

Broos says a result doesn’t have to be clean; it’s the three points that matter.

"Ok, we dominated 90 minutes, they didn't have any chance to score but on the other side you have to score,” Broos said.

“In the first half, we had four good chances we couldn't score and sometimes in a game like that, you can't score but you lose points but when you see the crowd today, they supported us, they pushed us.

“They pushed us in front and pushed us to score goals. So, I'm very happy with the performance of my team this afternoon and the pre-meeting that maybe today we have to fight more than to play football but we did good.

“We played football, good football, we had seven, eight good chances to score, a little bit unlucky in certain moments but we fought. What happened last year in AFCON, we learnt a lot there and you see that in a game like this, when it isn't beautiful what you see, you have to fight and that is what we did and we have the three points what we like to have.

“We are first in the group now, two points ahead, I think this is a good situation."

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 A sold-out crowd of 42,000 filled the Peter Mokaba Stadium. Bafana’s consistent results and performances have seen South Africans rally behind the team.

Broos, who will become the longest-serving Bafana head coach in May after four years, is happy to have overseen the transformation of this team.

He also attributes the return of crowds to their matches to the success of returning with a bronze medal from last year’s AFCON in Côte D’Ivoire.

"You don't go to go to a bad concert, a guy who can't sing, so, it's true, it's the same here, for people it's a fantastic evening. They are supporters of Bafana Bafana, the team wins, the team plays good, you see the guys working on the pitch,” the coach added.

“This is why the crowd is coming to the stadium, we made that during months and months and months and for sure I think the success in AFCON was the real start. I think that was the moment that everybody in South Africa started to believe in the team and you see that now we don't have to be afraid anymore to play in an empty stadium.

“I think we can go and play in a jungle somewhere, there will be people now because they all want to see us and it makes me enormously happy to see that."