South Africa need to quickly forget Wednesday's 3-0 defeat against Uruguay and regroup ahead of their final first round game, captain Aaron Mokoena said.A brace from former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan and a goal from Alvaro Pereira sunk Bafana Bafana. The FIFA World Cup™ hosts now need to win their final group game against France to stand any chance of progressing to the knock-out stages."It was a good strike from Forlan but there was absolutely nothing we could do about it. It's just one of those things that can happen in football," said Mokoena, about the Atletico Madrid forward's first."The important thing is to move on and forget what's happened, we still have a game to play and that's really important. Everyone is aware of what position we're in at the moment, we've drawn one and lost o ne and that's absolutely not a good position. It's going to be a hard game against France, for us it's really about going back to the drawing board and being ready for France."The 29-year-old felt that his team had not shown enough maturity to beat the South Americans but he said the big turning point was the penalty. Goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was sent-off for bringing down Luis Suarez, after which Forlan scored from the spot to make it 2-0.
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