South Africa head coach Hugo Broos , has opened up on the Bafana Bafana’s World Cup qulifiers loss to the Black Stars of Ghana.
Ghana, four-time African Champions had to rely on captain Andre Ayew’s penalty to record a 1-0 win against South Africa to pick qualification to the play-offs.
Having failed to qualify for the play-offs which will be played later this, month, the gaffer has announced a strong squad to face Guinea and France in two International friendlies.
Speaking after the squad announcement, the Belgian trainer said: “The challenges, I think, [that came] after the qualifiers for the World Cup, we evaluated the team and saw that there were some weaknesses, certainly in the game against Ghana. The team was not ready to play such a game,”
He stressed that: “We saw that Ghana started the game very aggressively and we didn’t have an answer to that, so that was one of the things we saw, and therefore we started to look for other players and see where we could improve the team.
“So those two games [against France and Guinea] are not really about the results but more about preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June. So there will be new players, we will see if they are playing well in their clubs and then see if they perform for Bafana, which is a level higher.
“Let us hope that they improve the team. So we are using these game to be ready for June and know that we have a stronger team than the team that played in the [World Cup] qualifiers.”
Broos said he intends to experiment in Europe and will not place a heavy emphasis on the results Bafana achieves against France and Guinea.
“These are friendly games, but they are more about preparation. These games are an opportunity for us to try some things. You cannot try things when you are playing qualifiers, you have to be sure when you put your team on the pitch. You have to be sure that those are the right players in the right positions. Now we can try [new things now] and we can see what that those players are giving to the team. I’m thinking about Mosele [Goodman], I’m thinking about Shandu [Bandile], I’m thinking about Lakay [Fagrie].
“Those players can be an improvement for us. The result for me is not so important, not at all. But I want to see the things we try in those games can be improvement for the team or not”.
Meanwhile, Ghana will first host the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Cape Coast Stadium on 25th March, 2022 before they travel to Abuga four days later for the reverse fixture.
