Head coach of the senior national team of South Africa Hugo Broos has played down the strength of the teams in their 2026 world cup qualifiers group, which includes the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Broos while looking forward to their games in the qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe respectively played down the strength of the teams in the group, which also has Rwanda, Benin Republic and Lesotho.
He said the progress that his team has made in recent times under his guide means they can hold their own in the group, which he says isn’t that much of a strong group rather tricky.
“We’ve had much progress in the last two years, and the results are there, now we want more. When you’re a sportsman, you want more. So we want to go to the World Cup,” Broos told SABC.
“It will not be easy, because when you look at the group, it’s maybe not a strong group, but it’s a tricky group because we have Zimbabwe, Lesotho, all the countries around South Africa.
“So, it will be not easy, and certainly with Nigeria too. But I think we have confidence and we believe in ourselves because of the performances of the AFCON. We will see in the next one year where we stand, but the mission is to go to the World Cup certainly.”
