South Africa's coach looks forward to World Cup qualifiers
After a long journey in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers, the Super Eagles managed to fly high in these qualifiers with a well-deserved lead despite concluding their last matches with a defeat to Rwanda.
After these qualifiers, Nigeria is preparing to face South Africa (Bafana Bafana) South Africa currently occupies the second place in its group with seven points, trailing the leaders Rwanda only by goal difference.
With six rounds of World Cup qualifying remaining, Nigeria are not at their best as they are in fifth place with three points, four points away from second-placed South Africa.
However, the coach "Hugo Broos" believes that his team's performance in the qualifiers may give them a boost of hope to return and compete better in the qualifiers and ensure their arrival at the 2026 World Cup.
This does not mean that we should now think that we have reached the place where we should be. No.no. But little by little we became a very good team".
"This will give us the confidence we need for the next thing we have to do, which is qualify for the World Cup.
"But I am confident that we will be able to achieve this. I think South Africa's qualification for the World Cup is due to the high quality we have; we have a good team. We can make it happen. But we still have to achieve this.
Hazem Mlhem
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