Ghana coach Claude Le Roy insisted he had full confidence in his strikers after the forecast deluge of goals against Namibia failed to materialise.
The 2008 African Nations Cup hosts' scraped through against Group A underdogs' Namibia, fresh from their 5-1 thrashing by Morocco, courtesy of Nottingham Forest attacker Junior Agogo's 40th minute strike.
But Ghana missed a multitude of chances in Thursday's game, with in particular Udinese striker Asamoah Gyan guilty of squandering a gilt-edged opportunity when he failed to shoot into an open goal on 34 minutes.

Gyan, described as "lethargic and a bundle of nerves" in the local press, became the target of the home fans' frustrations and Le Roy elected to end his discomfort when replacing him by his brother Baffour in the 65th minute.
Gyan, speaking at the team's press conference on Friday, appeared taken aback by his performance and the hostility it provoked from the Black Stars' supporters' in the Ohene Djan stadium.

"Personally I'm very sad about what happened. I'm only 23 years old, and when things aren't going well you need encouragement from the crowd.
"I'm very disappointed. I'm sad for what went wrong yesterday but I'm working on my play for the next game and will find my rhythm. I wish I could score five goals a game!"
As Gyan was speaking, the Liverpool anthem "You'll never walk alone" was sympathetically being playing over the team hotel's poolside speakers.
Le Roy backed Gyan and his attack partners Agogo and Portsmouth's Sulley Muntari.
"Strikers are always the ones who get singled out. But they're not only there to score goals, but also create opportunities.
"I've got the same confidence in my strikers as I had before the first minute of the first game.
"It hasn't changed anything in my regard for the quality of my players. We have to improve at all levels."
A Ghana Football Federation official added his support to Gyan, saying: "What happened (the crowd's reaction) yesterday was regrettable, they didn't deserve what occurred.
"But we're not going to dwell on moaning about it. Asamoah had a difficult game, but he's a top striker with Junior.
"If a player has a difficult game the crowd have to support him.
"He is demoralised but we've talked a lot in the squad to move on for the next game."
Le Roy was bullish about Ghana's prospects of making it to the last eight, with his side now needing only a draw to guarantee a place in the quarter-finals, and they could even go through if they lose if Namibia upset Guinea.
"We're in the best position of all four teams, we've got six points. I've got a lot of respect for Morocco but they're under pressure, not us."
Across town Morocco held a training session with the mood in the camp hopeful that they can put Thursday's 3-2 loss to Guinea behind them and seal qualification with a win against Ghana on Monday.
A roadside sign at the entrance to the Morrocan's training camp could well be of interest to FIFA's security department in the wake of the Benin coach's disclosure that he was approached by an Asian betting syndicate to fix Monday's Group B game against Mali.
In bold letters the sign declared: "Fowls for sale".
Inside the training ground CSKA Sofia midfielder Abderrahmane Kabous, reported: "We're working hard and will do everything for us to qualify.
"We've got to win, it's simple."
Reflecting on Thursday's defeat he added: "We don't want to complain about any referee decisions that might have gone against us, the fact is we didn't play well. It was our fault, but we still have the chance to qualify."