The 52-year-old, working for a South African broadcaster at the World Cup, believes West Ham keeperGreen needs to show great determination to bounce back after his costly error.
The game may also have laid a few more South Africa 2010 demons to rest for seemingly revitalised Hammers keeperGreen, who put in a faultless display and this time could do nothing to prevent his World Cup nemesis Dempsey from opening the scoring.