Angry! Disappointed! Furious! This is how Bafana Bafana caoch Hugo Broos describe Mbekezeli Mbokazi's attitude as the player arrived in camp late
Hugo Broos is seething. The Bafana Bafana coach is teary eyed.
The Belgian gaffer was splitting fire at today’s press conference at Pretoria’s High Performance Centre.
Rising star Mbekezeli Mbokazi joined camp late than the rest of the group.
“Mbokazi, he just arrived or will arrive in 15 minutes,” Broos , who was close to shedding tears, told the media.
“I didn’t want to talk about it, but you asked the question, and you have the right to know that I’m not pleased about it.
“He let us know that he missed his flight yesterday in Durban, it was the coach of Pirates who informed me. And he was very angry that he missed his flight because, and that’s his word, ‘it’s an unprofessional attitude’.
“And I think I spoke already to you about unprofessional attitude of South African players. Again, an example of it. Then Pirates sent me a message with nonsense – really nonsense, why he missed his flight and I will not tell you what they said – and that is the worst thing that a club protects the player of his unprofessional attitude.
“This is South Africa, and this is very bad – very, very bad. When you’re a 19-year-old guy and you receive a call-up from the national team for AFCON, and to play World Cup next year, and the coach gives you a few more days off, if you are somebody with a good attitude, you don’t even want those two days and you are here on Monday with the other players.
Mzwakhe Ngwenya
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors