Hugo Broos warns Bafana Bafana of Lesotho!

The South African national team is preparing to face Lesotho in the fifth round of CAF qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in Group C, noting that the leader in this group is Benin with 8 points from five matches played in these qualifiers.

The Belgian coach commented on why his players should be wary of the Lesotho game, and not underestimate the abilities of their opponent and their not-so-easy neighbor in such matches.

What did Hugo Broos say before the Lesotho match!

“It becomes a habit here in Africa that you’re never sure about a victory before the game, We saw it yesterday: Cameroon against Eswatini, 0-0. Tomorrow we have an opponent that we don’t have to underestimate because they played in September against Morocco and lost 1-0 in the 93rd minute, They Lesotho played more than a year ago in Nigeria; they played 0-0. So that means that we are in front of a tough game tomorrow"

Broos said.

On the other side, I think we have to be confident in our own qualities. We showed that last year. I think we can talk about maybe even a historical year with the bronze medal and good games qualification for the next AFCON, But today this is all history. We don’t have to count on gifts from other teams. We have to do it ourselves starting with tomorrow. I think it’s very important for tomorrow that we keep ourselves on the game plan. It will not be easy from the beginning, Maybe, yes, if you are a little bit lucky, you can score very quickly and easily, one or two goals; it becomes another game. But I don’t think it will be like that tomorrow; we are in front of an opponent who fights for every meter, who fights for every ball.

Broosconcluded.