Was Hugo Hugo Broos close to leaving Bafana Bafana?

After they reached the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, Belgian coach Hugo Broos announced that he was about to quit his job as coach of the South African national team from earlier this year.

The main reason why Hugo Bruce made this statement was that Bafana Bafana did not start the playoffs convincingly and drew at home with Uganda with a score of two goals to two at the Orlando Stadium.

This tie put Hugo under a lot of pressure from journalists and the media, Despite the fact that the South African national team managed to reach the finals of the upcoming African nations, the South African coach revealed the thing that was making him think about leaving the national team, saying: “You know in those tough moments in the beginning, for me it was, it was clear. I will do it my way and if I didn’t succeed, okay. Then I would take my luggage and I go back to Belgium. But I didn't want to be in front of the mirror, and saying why did I listen to this one. I just wanted to do it my way, It was a little bit tough in the beginning, but I knew what I was doing and you need also a little bit of luck. You can say what you want, but if the results are not following, then it stops. And then from that moment we progressed nearly every game.

“So I know again, and I have to be honest also, there was a moment I wanted to quit. I went to Belgium and I said, okay, I don't know if I will return to South Africa. And it was after our first game for the Morocco qualifiers.

The coach revealed that all their focus is now on the next stage, which is qualifying for the World Cup from the qualifying group stage, knowing that South Africa currently occupies the second place behind Rwanda with a goal difference between the teams.