Bafana Bafana-Cameroon match: Hugo Broos describes this game as a special one for him as he previously won the Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon

While many see Bafana Bafana’s game against Cameroon as a potential grudge match for Hugo Broos, the South African gaffer describes it as a ‘special’ one.

Remember Broos is a former coach of the Indomitable Lions having led them to an Afcon triumph with the West African nation and that’s the reason many see it as a grudge match.

Broos, though, sees it as a ‘special’ occasion as he plans to win this 35th edition of the continental spectacle with Bafana.

“The game of tomorrow is surely a special game for me. As you know I won AFCON with our opponent of tomorrow, even though there are not so many players anymore – only Bassogog and N’Koudou, the rest I don’t really know,” he said.

“But if you win an AFCON with a country, there is always a little place in your heart that stays and that’s the case also with Cameroon and me, it will always be there.

“Tomorrow I can’t have mercy with them, I’m coach of South Africa now. But it’s a special game, I have to say that.

“It does not mean that we are not going to fight for tomorrow.

“I was surprised a bit by the Cameroon team – it changed a lot when you compare it with qualifiers for the World Cup. I was a little bit surprised to see them playing.

“It’s a very good team, it’s a young team, some talented players. There is a good fighting spirit, a good mentality.

“That means that tomorrow we have achieve our best level if we want to beat them.”

The game starts at 9pm in Rabat.