{"id":41984,"date":"2025-11-16T20:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41984"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:22:29","slug":"bafana-bafanas-hugo-boos-shines-light-on-mohau-nkota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/16\/bafana-bafanas-hugo-boos-shines-light-on-mohau-nkota\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana\u2019s Broos shines light on Mohau Nkota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bafana Bafana\u2019s 3\u20131 win over Zambia wasn\u2019t a classic, but it did underline one clear fact: Mohau Nkota is fast becoming impossible for Hugo Broos to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa began with a strong starting XI at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, taking control through goals from Oswin Appollis and Sphephelo Sithole. <\/p>\n<p>But it was after halftime, when Broos made several changes to test his depth, that the game shifted in an unexpected direction.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mohau-nkota-continues-with-bafana-bafana-impact\">MOHAU NKOTA CONTINUES WITH BAFANA BAFANA IMPACT<\/h2>\n<p>Nkota, introduced for the second half, immediately injected energy into a contest. His direct running, speed and willingness to take risks gave Mzansi the spark they had lacked earlier. Within minutes, he produced a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Mohau had a very good game,\u201d Broos said as quoted by <em>Kick Off<\/em>. \u201cHe was very aggressive, quick, also dangerous, and when I said we didn\u2019t do that enough today, we were a little bit soft.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" alt=\"Bafana Bafana vs Rwanda\" class=\"wp-image-2400488\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bafana-Bafanas-Broos-shines-light-on-Mohau-Nkota.jpg?resize=640%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bafana-Bafanas-Broos-shines-light-on-Mohau-Nkota.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-63-768x549.jpg.optimal.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-63-750x536.jpg.optimal.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-63-960x686.jpg.optimal.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-63-640x458.jpg.optimal.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-63-255x182.jpg.optimal.jpg 255w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bafana Bafana players Sipho Mbule, Mohau Nkota and Teboho Mokoena celebrate a goal against Nigeria at the Toyota Stadium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Image: SAFA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also read: Confirmed: Two Kaizer Chiefs CAFCC games coming to screens<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian admitted that Bafana Bafana struggled with rhythm, partly because of the number of substitutions made after halftime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tempo of the game was not high, in certain moments was not high enough. But ok that can happen and it happened today and it happened once,\u2019 the Bafana Bafana mentor added.<\/p>\n<p>Nkota\u2019s cameo ensured Bafana Bafana finished the match with momentum, and more importantly, gave Broos another attacking option to seriously consider ahead of AFCON 2025.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-has-mohau-nkota-done-enough-to-earn-a-place-in-the-squad-to-morocco-for-afcon2025\">HAS MOHAU NKOTA DONE ENOUGH TO EARN A PLACE IN THE SQUAD TO MOROCCO FOR AFCON2025?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Bafana #Bafanas #Broos #shines #light #Mohau #Nkota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana\u2019s 3\u20131 win over Zambia wasn\u2019t a classic, but it did underline one clear fact: Mohau Nkota is fast&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41986,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41984\/revisions\/41986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}