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Broos: SA don’t fear any team

Matthew Marcus|Published

Upbeat: Bafana coach Hugo Broos. Picture: Djaffar Ladjal/BackpagePix

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos believes his manskap don’t skrik for African rivals anymore ahead of a huge World Cup 2026 qualifier against Nigeria in June.

His South Africa national football team followed up their third-place Afcon finish earlier this year with a thrilling 3-3 draw with Fifa Series hosts Algeria in Algiers on Tuesday night.

Bafana fought back from Yassine Benzia’s 22nd-minute opener to take a 2-1 lead into the break thanks to a Themba Zwane brace.

After the interval, Yacine Brahimi drew the Desert Foxes, tjokvol European-based talents, level in the 53rd minute.

After Elias Mokwana shot cannoned into the Algeria goal off Iqraam Rayners, Benzia ensured the spoils were shared with a potential Puskas Award winning strike in front of a baying crowd.

And Broos reckons his manne are now ready to take on any of Africa’s big boys.

He tells the Safa media team: “I don’t think we have to be afraid anymore of any team in Africa.

“The team is brimming with confidence, which is also what I witnessed at the Afcon tournament. We are not just a team on the pitch but also a team off the pitch.

“What we showed at Afcon, we showed again on the pitch tonight that we’ve made a lot of progress.

“We played against a very strong team, but I don’t think there was much difference in quality between Algeria and ourselves.”

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