Pleased with his team’s performance following a 2-0 win over Benin in a 2026 FIFA World Cup Group C qualifier, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos was quite happy with the outcome of the match.
The Belgian said that his plan worked well against the West Africans as Bafana’s two second half goals came from Lyle Foster and Jayden Adams.
“I think, first of all, we did a good analysis of the opponent. Secondly, I think the players did what we asked from them. We knew where we could be dangerous against this team, Benin,” Broos remarked.
“It is a good team, but we did good keeping the ball and waiting for the right moments. In the second half, it started being easy. I said to my assistant that if we score once, we will win the game. I think it was like that. I think we deserved to win.”
Meanwhile, the 72-year-old former Indomitable Lions of Cameroon coach insisted that Bafana need not do anything stupid during the qualifying campaign.
“It was not easy in South Africa in the first year. There were a lot of problems, but we went on to look for the right players for the right position. We found them and I think now we have a very good team,” he said.
“We are not afraid anymore of who plays against us. The only thing we have to do is hard work like we have done. I’m not saying that everything is already done. We are in a good position now, but I think with the group that we have and if we do not do stupid things, we are very close to World Cup qualification.”
Bafana, who top Group C with 13 points from six games, are now left with four matches against Lesotho, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. All the four matches, which are scheduled for September and October this year, are going to be played in South Africa.
