{"id":45331,"date":"2025-12-19T07:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45331"},"modified":"2025-12-19T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:08:55","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-coach-hugo-broos-makes-bold-claim-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-coach-hugo-broos-makes-bold-claim-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos makes bold claim ahead of AFCON"},"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 id=\"post-139125\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"404\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bafana-Bafana-coach-Hugo-Broos-makes-bold-claim-ahead-of.webp.jpeg?resize=404%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?w=2274&amp;ssl=1 2274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=1024%2C669&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=768%2C502&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=1536%2C1004&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=2048%2C1338&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?resize=404%2C264&amp;ssl=1 404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hugo-broos-head-coach-of-south-africa-during-the-2023-africa-cup-of-nations-match-between-nigeria-and-south-africa.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bafana-Bafana-coach-Hugo-Broos-makes-bold-claim-ahead-of.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has made a bold claim regarding his team\u2019s preparations ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The tournament starts on Sunday, 21 December, with South Africa drawn in Group B alongside Zimbabwe, Angola and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the competition, Broos declared that his side is slightly ahead in their preparations compared to other teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already quite far in our preparation, and the finishing touches will come towards the end of the week,\u201d said Broos, as quoted by <em>OFM South Africa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t complain when you see teams like Cameroon, Morocco and Senegal only really starting now because their players were not released by their clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already had a full week of training, and even though there are four players we can\u2019t count on, I will never use that as an excuse if we don\u2019t perform at AFCON.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bafana Bafana open their campaign against Angola on Monday, 22 December, before taking on Egypt on 26 December and concluding the group stage against Zimbabwe three days later.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged afcon, Hugo Broos, South African, zimbabwe<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\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 #Bafana #coach #Hugo #Broos #bold #claim #ahead #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has made a bold claim regarding his team\u2019s preparations ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,1432,4191,1431,403,573,1430],"class_list":["post-45331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-bafana","tag-bold","tag-broos","tag-claim","tag-coach","tag-hugo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45331","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=45331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45333,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45331\/revisions\/45333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}