South Africa suffered a 1-0 defeat at the Cape Coast Stadium with Andre Ayew scoring the only goal of the game.

Andre’s goal was enough for the Black Stars to book a place in the playoff games.

However, after the defeat, South Africa contested the legitimacy of the penalty awarded to Ghana and officially filed a complaint to FIFA over officiating in that game.

But the world football governing body, FIFA, after investigation, threw out that petition, ending SA’s hopes of making the World Cup.

After months of controversy, Hugo Broos has finally conceded his side just weren’t good enough against Ghana, admitting Bafana Bafana were not ready for the game.

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“The challenges, I think, [that came] after the qualifiers for the World Cup, we evaluated the team and saw that there were some weaknesses, certainly in the game against Ghana,” he said.

“The team was not ready to play such a game.

“We saw that Ghana started the game very aggressively and we didn’t have an answer to that, so that was one of the things we saw, and therefore we started to look for other players and see where we could improve the team,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ghana will play Nigeria in the playoff games on March 25 and 29 for a place in the Mundial in Qatar later this year.

This follows his side’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon that will take place early 2022.

Advocate said at a press conference on March 31, 2021, that the National Executive Committee (NEC) has resolved to part ways with the coach and any other thing to do with legalities and outstanding  matters will be attended to.

“The SAFA NEC undertook a process on Tuesday night to decide on the way forward on what happens to the coach and by 10h00 on Wednesday, SAFA NEC responded in favour of parting ways with the coach,’’ said Advocate Motlanthe. 

He added: “We are here to convey the message of NEC, who mandated us to apologise to the nation on their behalf for the team’s failure to qualify for the the upcoming Afcon.’’

Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to Sudan on Sunday, placing third behind Ghana and the North African Nation.

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According to the CEO, the technical committee will give them direction on what will happen in terms of appointing a new coach by next week.

Ntseki was appointed in August 2019 and has played nine games winning four, losing three and drawing two as a coach.