Banyana Banyana may have one game left at the 2016 Olympic Games, but their two defeats so far means that they're already out of the competition.
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Vera Pauw's side fought bravely against both Sweden and China PR in their opening games of Rio 2016, however, fell to 1-0 and 2-0 defeats respectively despite their efforts.
Now, as they prepare to face Brazil – who have scored eight goals in two games – the Dutch coach says that she is disappointed by the fact that the South Africans couldn't make it into the next round.
She told SAFA's official website, "I am very gutted and disappointed. If we had played our game it would have been a different story, both games were in our hands but we gave them away.
"In a few days time I will be proud of what we did because we have grown so much and performed so well against top teams, that is something we should compliment the players for and of course my hardworking staff, but at this moment I am gutted. We had a very good first half but we were not happy with the second half."
Meanwhile, regarding their dead rubber encounter with hosts, Brazil, tomorrow night, Pauw insisted that they would still try and find the motivation to go for the win.
She said, "We are going to Manaus, thousands of kilometres away, without any purpose actually. So we need to find motivation and play for the experience of a full stadium against the host nation and make the best out of it.
"We will do everything we can to get a positive result, that means we will try to win but also bear in mind they were three nil up against Sweden in the first half without any effort. It will be very difficult because they are the most mature team I have seen, and also most professional, I haven't seen any weak points in their play so it's going to be a tough one but we will give it our all."
