Namibia coach Ricardo Manetti is drawing positives from his sideââ¬â¢s 1-0 to Ghanaââ¬â¢s home-based national team on Wednesday.
The Brave Warriors conceded late after dominating play and bothering the local Black Stars with their aerial balls.
Manetti lamented his sideââ¬â¢s inability to take up the hatful of scoring chances created at the Baba Yara Stadium.
"I had two objectives - the first one, Namibia has always struggled especially during the qualifiers of any competition to get points away,â⬠Mannetti said a press conference.
"Throughout the years, we always struggle in away games. I wanted to give the players a strong mentality so we chose Ghana, in my opinion, a respectable football nation that has achieved a lot on the continent.
"The second objective is that we have the Cosafa tournament in May that Ghana has also been invited for â⬓ they will take part in it so it was a good opportunity to weigh ourselves against one of the opponents in Cosafa. I have a couple of new players in the team. They did well in the league and I wanted to see how they react to the conditions outside and a type of opponent like Ghana.
"The game has opened up my eyes as to who can make it in the team but itââ¬â¢s unfortunate we couldnââ¬â¢t convert our chances especially in the first half."
Namibia continue with their preparations by making a trip to Togo to face the Hawks in another friendly on Saturday.