Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos believes his side need to gain confidence in the final third to overcome their scoring woes after failing to score in their past two matches.
The South African national team kickstarted the international break with a goalless draw with Guinea at the Guldensporen Station in Belgium on Friday evening.
South Africa will now take on world champions France in their second and final international friendly match at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve d’Ascq on Tuesday.
But Broos believes his side’s lack of scoring goals is down to not having a consistent and reliable goalscorer within the Bafana Bafana ranks.
“We know that we don’t have a top-scorer in South Africa – one guy who only needs one chance to score,” Broos told Safa media.
“So, there is a bit of a lack but, again, it’s something to do with confidence. The day we start scoring, that problem will be solved.
“Last week we had exercises in finishing but, even there, in training, we saw that sometimes things that should have been goals were not goals.
“This is up to the players because I can’t change. We can give them exercises, we can give them confidence but, at the end of the day, it is the players that have to score.”
Bafana Bafana against France is scheduled to kick off at 9:15pm on Tuesday evening.