Broos sounds warning to Bafana stars – ‘I will not accept that’

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has warned South Africa stars that he will not tolerate any form of indicsipline from them.

This comes in the wake of the recent incident that saw former Orlando Pirates youngster Mbekezeli Mbokazi find himself in trouble with the veteran tactician. The 20-year-old, who is set to play in the Major League Soccer with Chicago Fire next season, arrived late in residential camp, where the national team is preparing for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.

A section of the fans may have wrongly felt that the Mbokazi issue and that of Jayden Adams, which happened a while back, were isolated incidents.

However, the 73-year-old former Cameroon coach insists he has been overlooking some disciplinary actions. This is, however, the last time this is going to happen, as he explains to the media.

I never had problems in the past

“You know, it’s very easy with that group; I never had problems in the past. There have been some moments that I have to have a chat with the group and tell them ‘Guys, I will not accept that anymore’. But everyone knows now when they are coming to Bafana Bafana, what I want. Okay, this is something special what happened to Mbokazi but again, I will react and he will know, and he will never do that again, you can be sure,” he told the media.

“But for the rest, it happens that sometimes someone is still sleeping, and didn’t hear the alarm, and then come maybe one or two minutes too late. Okay, you tell them very, very nicely that ‘hey guy, okay, okay’ that’s all.

“So, this group is also a group that is very disciplined in everything, so it becomes more easy for me.  I don’t have to every day tell them ‘Hey, you are too late, hey this and that’ no. It goes automatically and he can witness that he was with us. There’s never happening something like that, or it is occasionally.

“So, I don’t have problems with that, not at all, and I have to congratulate the players for the discipline they have from themselves,” Broos concluded.