'We lost the ball in a very simple way!': Bafana boss Broos bemoans late defeat to Morocco

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says it was a bitter pill to swallow, witnessing Morocco score in the game's dying minutes, resulting in a 2-1 defeat on Thursday.

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The highly anticipated 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group K fixture occurred in front of a hostile crowd at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

In what looked like a near full capacity stadium, Lyle Foster shockingly gave South Africa the lead in the eighth minute, giving the home crowd further energy to cheer their Atlas Lions to victory.

However, Bafana captain and goalkeeper Ronwen Williams put on a stunning display between the post, making no less than 10 saves on the night.

Williams Bafana's best player on the field. Mosele has been careless and costly. Lakay needs someone to help double up on Hakimi - if not, the goal most likely to come from that end. More, however, has to be done in central midfield.

The 30-year-old could not contain waves of attack from Morocco as the home side equalised through Youssef En-Nesyri early in the second-half before Ayoub El-Kaabi completed the comeback in the 87th-minute.

"It's not the result we wanted," Broos said.

"For a long time in the game, I thought we could win, then after the first goal, we conceded. I was happy to take one point. To concede the second goal so close to the end was disappointing."

The winning goal came when midfielder Sphephelo Sithole was being attended to by the Bafana medical team and could not rejoin the field of play until the ball went out.

Yusuf Maart soon lost the ball on the halfway line after the Bafana defence remained stubborn about keeping the scores level.

It happened quickly, and Morocco