Coach of the senior national team of South Africa Hugo Broos has taken a swipe at the senior national team of Zimbabwe, Lesotho and others saying they don’t bring out the best in his team due to their weakness.
The coach made this known while speaking ahead of the draws for the 2025 AFCON, which will be held later this year with his team hoping to go further than they did at the last tournament where they finished as third.
Sitting in Pot B there is the likelihood that they can be drawn against one of the giants in African football in either Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Algeria or the defending champions Cote d’Ivoire.
He said a positive campaign in the world cup qualifiers, which ends in October will put his team in good stead ahead of the tournament and praised his team for bringing out their best when up against quality oppositions like Nigeria, Morocco and Algeria among others.
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“Yes, because six months later there is a World Cup. I think, if we qualify for the World Cup, we can make another good AFCON that will certainly help us in the World Cup,” said Broos.
“This is something I said when I came here, and maybe it was a little bit disrespectful to the other teams but – I don’t want to play against Zimbabwe, Lesotho and [other neighbours] every time. I want to play against the big teams.”
“You see what a gift that gave us that we played in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Morocco, and we had such games in the last AFCON, and those games make us progress,” he added.
“Against Morocco you have to go at 100 percent, against Algeria you have to go at 100 percent, and games like that gives you more satisfaction, and you learn and progress more.
“So therefore, AFCON 2025 in December and January will also help us if we qualify for the World Cup – it will help us have a good World Cup after that.”
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
