Former Bafana Bafana coach Jomo Sono has shared some important advice with Pitso Mosimane ahead of the first games in his second stint as national team head coach.
Sono himself famously took over from Clive Barker in 1998, leading the team to the Africa Cup of Nations finals after a fall-out between Barker and the South African Football Association.
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The Black Prince insists Mosimane must not change the squad too much ahead of the upcoming international break, as Hugo Broos laid a good foundation, with Bafana facing Guinea, Eritrea in the AFCON qualifiers before a friendly with Egypt.
“Pitso, there is a foundation. That guy [Broos], he build a foundation for Pitso,” he told Thabiso Mosia on Radio 2000.
“[But] he’s got a short space of time to prepare the time, he must prepare the team – the team that played at the World Cup, he’s got the players.
“He must not bring new players and say ‘we’re building this new Bafana Bafana. He’s playing now in three week’s time.
“The players who went to World Cup, he can add one or two, they know each other, they know the style of play.
“Because being a coach is to make sure that the players know each other, the players know and understand each other in the field. It’s what you build as a coach, the understanding amongst the players.”
Mosimane announced his preliminary squad for the upcoming international break on Friday, including 10 new faces, namely: Yanela Mbuthuma, Cemran Dansin, Tshepo Mashiloane, Puso Dithejane, Shandre Campbell, Lebone Seema, Tashreeq Matthews, Ronaldo Van Neel, Lebohang Maboe and Luther Singh.
He is yet to confirm his final selection for the 2027 AFCON Qualifiers and the Egypt friendly.