Hugo Broos expects Thapelo Maseko to impress at this year's World Cup for Bafana Bafana

Hugo Broos expects Thapelo Maseko to be one of Bafana Bafana shining stars at this year's World Cup.

The global spectacle starts this Thursday with Bafana facing Mexico in the opening game which is expected to be a monumental affair for the South Africans.

Maseko, formerly with Mamelodi Sundowns, but now plays for Cyprus' AEL Limassol, was selected in place of the inured Mohau Nkota for Bafana.

Bafana coach, Broos, is expecting a lot from the lefwinger who he says had a decent season in Cyprus.

“First of all, Maseko is doing very well in Cyprus, so he was already with us before — in that period he was a guy every two weeks injured, he suffered a lot of injuries,” said Broos of Masekio's chances as the player had featured for Bafana in a while.

“Now he plays nearly the whole season with his team in Cyprus, he played well, at a good level, so we called him in March.

"I was very happy with what I saw from him, it’s also the reason why he is with us.”

Maseko played 1f games out of a possible 19 for the Cypriot club and he is expected to play a stellar role for Broos in Group A, which also features Czechia and South Korea.