Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos admits his side struggled to cope with the height of Benin's striker Steve Mounie.
First-half goals from Percy Tau and Khuliso Mudau were enough to guide South Africa to a 2-1 win over Benin on Saturday afternoon.
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The Belgian coach admits getting the win was the important aspect on the day as Benin were not an easy opponent.
"Sure I'm happy because we won the game, it was not an easy game," Broos told SABC after the game.
I said already before the game, 'Don't underestimate the opponent'. They played a simple game, kick upfront and then fight for the (second) ball.
"We had some problems in the second-half with the goal they scored, there was a little panic in the group but okay the most important thing in the qualifiers is to win the game and we did it," he said.
Broos also opened up about how difficult it was to defend Benin's approach of playing the long ball.
"The game that Benin played is very difficult. They kicked the ball all the time to a long player with the header and then the second ball, this is difficult to defend," he added.
"But okay they had only that one chance and it was a goal (and) at the other side we had two little chance, so we could have scored the third goal then the game was finished but with that goal from Benin towards the end it was suspense."
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