Broos out to build winning mentality
THE South African national men’s squad recently assembled at Ingwenyama Lodge in Mpumalanga as they stepped up their preparations for their upcoming friendly matches.
Bafana Bafana welcome Mozambique to Mbombela Stadium today (8.30pm kick-off) and then tackle Angola three days later at the same venue.
Coach Hugo Broos has highlighted the importance of establishing a certain level of quality on the international stage, one that would facilitate a greater chance of qualifying for major tournaments on a regular basis.
Before their recent sweeping away of Sierra Leone in their last set of friendlies, Broos’ side had gone four matches without a win, losing three.
Now Broos looks to build a squad capable of challenging for a place in the next Africa Cup of Nations, starting with establishing a winning mentality.
“Winning is the first objective,” the Belgian told safa.net.
“That is the most important thing. If we can win twice again, then we have four victories in a row. This would give us a boost for the games in March next year (in Afcon qualifiers against Liberia).
“Secondly, what I saw against Sierra Leone, I would like to see it again, the same way of playing. It might not be as successful because I think Angola and Mozambique are stronger than the Sierra Leone team we played against in September. So it will be tougher.
“But I want to see the intention to do it. I want to see that at last we have a certain manner of playing and we can get results with it. This is maybe the biggest thing we have to do in the next two games and prove it was not a surprise only against Sierra Leone.”
Bafana go into the next set of fixtures with a reconfigured team as striker Lyle Foster leads a list of players not able to honour their call-ups due to injury.
Broos will hope new faces like Monnapule Saleng and Bathusi Aubaas will make their mark.