"We only lost the game in the last five minutes played. We would have scored a third goal, but we were disorganised by the red card.
"We did well because we fielded young players five of who play in the Under-17 and Under-20 national teams,’’ he said.
The coach said his team would be hoping to go beyond the first round at the finals in Equatorial Guinea next January.



"We hope to reach the finals in Equatorial Guinea. After all, we have played with strong teams - Sudan, Congo and Nigeria in the qualifiers,’’ he said.
Mashaba however refused to talk about the Eagles.
Also, Fanny Amun, a former national under-17 team coach, said that what happened called for a stakeholders meeting.
He said the NFF should go back to the drawing board.
"I do not want to lay blames on anybody, but we should sit down and analyse what has gone wrong and what should be put right,’’ Amun said.