Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has urged his side to put the 5-0 win over Congo Brazzaville in their first leg 2025 AFCON qualifier behind them and focus on finishing the job.
Bafana and Congo meet at Stade Alphonense Massamba-Debata with a win for the visitors automatically sealing qualification for next year’s event in Morocco with two games to spare while Congo will look to give themselves a glimmer of hope in staying on course in the qualification campaign.
South Africa sits second in Group K equal on seven points with leaders Uganda while the Congolese are third with three points all from three matches.
Speaking in his pre-match presser on match day, Broos said he knows the opposition felt humiliated by the result of the first leg in South Africa and will have a differently motivated team tonight for revenge. The coach further said that his charges are aware of the battle that lies ahead and need to clear their minds of a new game.
“There is no other motivation than this one [to qualify],” said Broos at the press conference in Congo.
“This is for the second time considering that South Africa will be qualifying for the AFCON. We want to do it tomorrow. Sure, after the first leg result tomorrow is going to be a different game.
“If you lose 5-0 it is a humiliation. I’m sure that Congo players will want revenge tomorrow. They will be very motivated they will want to beat us and probably want the last chance to reach the qualification for the AFCON.
“If they lose tomorrow it’s finished for them. We know what we are expecting tomorrow. We are going to play against a team that may be different, motivated because at home after 29 minutes we were leading 2-0. Now tomorrow is a new game, three points to gain.
“Last Friday was a very wonderful night but tomorrow is something else and we are conscious of that,” Broos added.
