Bafana Bafana coach happy that team is bringing fans to the stadiums
Take a bow Cape Town, you once again showed the rest of the country how to support our sports teams.
You don’t have to take our word for it, just ask Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos who was over the moon following Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over South Sudan at Cape Town Stadium.
It was a special win for the national team, with Capetonians Iqraam Rayners and Oswin Appollis combining for the first goal, while the introduction of Stellies goalkeeper Sage Stephens to debut in the 75th minute just capped what a significant moment it was for the Bafana team.
Broos explains that he informed his charges before kickoff that other teams that have already qualified for the African Cup of Nations in Morocco next year before they played their final group match, simply didn’t pitch up and lost their last game.
But after winning theirs to top Group K, Broos says: “I asked the players not to spoil the party. And that shows against the mentality that we have in that team – those guys are hungry, they know to take their responsibility.
“It was a big crowd and they couldn’t disappoint them. From the first minute we played good football, it was a high tempo [and finished] 3-0.
“I think we made the people happy and this is something that is important. More and more we win supporters over – it’s a big difference from two years ago when there were 2,000-5,000 people coming to our games.
“The people are coming because when they come to the stadium they see something and this is what we always wanted to do.
“Now we’re able to do it because we have a good team… the fact that they played for 90 minutes to finish top of the group is the right mentality. I’m very proud to be the coach of this team.”