Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will not stop his team from going for maximum points against Uganda on Friday.
Congo lost 3-2 against South Sudan on Thursday at Juba Stadium to hand South Africa and Cranes their tickets for the biennial competition. The East African nation lead Group K with 10 points, two more than the Southern African nation.
The 72-year-old Belgian insists nothing will change, and that his side want to top the pool meaning they have to beat their rivals.
‘Qualifying changes nothing' – Broos
“We want to win the game, we want to win to end top of the group and that means we have to beat Uganda,” the veteran tactician said as quoted by Safa media team.
“So [qualifying] does not change anything for us. I hope that it will be a nice game and a good game. It will be a full house, and there will be a lot of atmosphere inside the stadium. This is motivation for the players and let us hope that the best team wins today.”
Broos sentiments were echoed by his captain Ronwen Williams, “We want to finish the year on a positive note. We have had a wonderful year, a successful year, so we want to keep building on that. It is going to be a tough one [against Uganda], we are excited.
“The week has been amazing, we have got some of the players back who have been injured and that is good. We lost some of our players [due to injury] and we will be playing on their behalf as well because they have been on this journey with us. It has been a long journey, and we are proud of our achievement getting to Afcon back-to-back,” he concluded.
