Hugo Broos pleased with Bafana Bafana's AFCON opponents
By Neo Poho
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has revealed that he is pleased with the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) draw that pitted South Africa with Tunisia, Mali and Namibia in Group E for the tournament in January in Côte d'Ivoire.
Bafana last appeared at Afcon in 2019 where they were knocked out by Nigeria in the last 8 and Broos is confident they will once again be able to progress through to the knockout phase of the tournament.
Speaking before Bafana Bafana's international friendly against Eswatini on Friday the 13th of October 2023, Broos said he is not unhappy when he see the teams in their group.
"I think in Mali and Tunisia we have big teams but I prefer to have Tunisia and Mali than to have Senegal or Ivory Coast, we know Namibia and I think we can achieve our best level and get through to the group stages.
Our preparations at the moment are disturbed by injuries but we are three months away from the tournament and I am certainly not panicking," Broos said.
Bafana Bafana were in Pot three for the draw and Broos said he expected to be drawn against two difficult teams.
“When you are in Pot three, you don’t have to hope much because there are always two big teams in your group, what you see with Tunisia, they are certainly a big team also, they are a little bit less than Morocco, Senegal or the Côte d'Ivoire.
Mali is not really a big team at the moment but it will be tough because they are good so overall I am happy with the draw because it could have been worse," Broos added.
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