Frustrated Mosimane’s anger to journalist after Bafana draw – ‘You can’t go there!’

Frustrated Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane slammed one of the journalists who inquired why Mbekezeli Mbokazi was left out of the team that played Kenya.

TLB, as he is commonly known, made his return to the national team for the first time since the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The fans had anticipated him to start against Kenya in Group D of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, but he did not feature.

The game ended 2-2 as the Harambee Stars struck late at the Orlando Stadium on Friday evening. Mosimane was not amused by the question about his tactics.

You can’t go there

“Ahh come on guys, you can’t go there. Come on, you don’t want me to lose respect of you. You can’t go there,” Mosimane responded.

“Now you choose who must play. So we lost because of that or we lost because we missed many chances, come on.

“You can better than what you’re saying, right? It’s the right time to ask by the way, you are right,” he added.

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐢 ‘𝐓𝐋𝐁’ 𝐌𝐛𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐒𝐧𝐮𝐛 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐲

Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane slammed a reporter after Friday’s 2-2 draw against Kenya when questioned on why he opted for a central defensive… pic.twitter.com/Pf9NpsisCh

— FARPost (@FARPostZA) November 13, 2026

It is about the chances you take

Mosimane further explained the draw at home, insisting Kenya took their chances well as opposed to Bafana Bafana.

“There’s so much to tell, so many situations that came out of this game, but football tells you it’s not about ball possession or chances you create, Kenya showed that, it’s about the chances you take, they created an upset for us.

“I think if we want to see how many chances, we missed it’s a series right. I have been reminded I’m not been here for some time, welcome home, in South Africa we can miss chances, that’s about all, it’s about taking opportunities, what can I say,” he concluded.