South Africa coach Hugo Broos said “only the grass” resembled a football stadium after a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in Atlanta on Thursday. 

Under the closed roof of the state-of-the-art home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS side Atlanta United, the Czechs took an early lead through Michal Sadilek.  But SA’s persistence in the search for an equaliser paid off when Teboho Mokoena converted an 83rd-minute penalty after Pavel Sulc handled inside his own box.