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Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumuleng Khune admits he is unsure of whether he should have received a red card in the 3-0 defeat against Uruguay on Wednesday night.
The Kaizer Chiefs stopper was given his marching orders for a last-man challenge on striker Luis Suarez, with the resulting penalty converted by Diego Forlan to put the game out of South Africa's reach.
Replays have shown that the linesman should have flagged for offside before the foul and Khune said: "I am disappointed, but there is nothing I can do.
"I don't know (whether I should have been sent off), it is the referee's decision.
"The game was too quick for me to decide whether the guy was offside or not, my job was to stop him from scoring."
While the gloveman will be forced to miss the final group match against France due to suspension, he is confident that the team can make it through.
"I think it is possible (to qualify). We need to learn from our mistakes," he continued.
"I think that during the next game against France we have to go at them from the very first minute."
Moments like these can often leave players distraught and bereft of confidence. This is exactly how Khune is feeling and he believes his owes everyone an apology.
He added: "The guys came to me and said sorry, but I think I owe them an apology as well and to all South Africans.
"I wasn't deliberate but I think I owe everybody an apology."
The Kaizer Chiefs stopper was given his marching orders for a last-man challenge on striker Luis Suarez, with the resulting penalty converted by Diego Forlan to put the game out of South Africa's reach.
Replays have shown that the linesman should have flagged for offside before the foul and Khune said: "I am disappointed, but there is nothing I can do.
"I don't know (whether I should have been sent off), it is the referee's decision.
"The game was too quick for me to decide whether the guy was offside or not, my job was to stop him from scoring."
While the gloveman will be forced to miss the final group match against France due to suspension, he is confident that the team can make it through.
"I think it is possible (to qualify). We need to learn from our mistakes," he continued.
"I think that during the next game against France we have to go at them from the very first minute."
Moments like these can often leave players distraught and bereft of confidence. This is exactly how Khune is feeling and he believes his owes everyone an apology.
He added: "The guys came to me and said sorry, but I think I owe them an apology as well and to all South Africans.
"I wasn't deliberate but I think I owe everybody an apology."
