Lesotho coach Veselin Jelusic has said he was impressed with how his team performed in the goalless draw against Seychelles but certainly not the finishing.

He said this in a post-match interview after the game against Seychelles in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary round first leg match at Cote D’ OR Stadium.

Lesotho earned a penalty during the match but Seychelles keeper Jerome Dingwall saved.

 “We created few chances, but unfortunately we did not convert and of course we didn’t use the penalty that we had,” Jelusic told Lesotho Football Association website.

“Overall, I’m satisfied with the commitment from our players. I hope second match we will have better opportunities to score and to win the game.”

Jelusic gave debuts to Rethabile Mokokoane, Tšepang Sefali and Katleho Makateng during the match.

Lesotho host Seychelles in the second leg match set for Dobsonville Stadium in South Africa on Sunday.

The lowly ranked teams such as Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Sudan are sorting it out in the preliminary stage of the AFCON qualifiers.

Winners of the six two-legged ties will make it to the group stages joining 42 others that were seeded.