{"id":46220,"date":"2025-12-30T01:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46220"},"modified":"2025-12-30T01:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:33:18","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-coach-hugo-broos-slams-moroccans-ahead-of-zimbabwe-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-coach-hugo-broos-slams-moroccans-ahead-of-zimbabwe-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos slams Moroccans ahead of Zimbabwe clash"},"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<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\/1767058397_501_Bafana-Bafana-coach-Hugo-Broos-slams-Moroccans-ahead-of-Zimbabwe.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has slammed Moroccans for lacking the vibe at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>Broos was speaking in Marrakech ahead of South Africa\u2019s final Group B game against Zimbabwe on Monday at 6 pm CAT.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian coach said there has been a lack of enthusiasm among the locals compared to past tournaments in Gabon and Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel the same atmosphere as in Gabon or C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire,\u201d Broos told reporters on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Gabon, you could really feel the atmosphere of a tournament. When we took the bus to training, people were waving flags and greeting us. Here, there\u2019s nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no atmosphere, none of the typical AFCON vibe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel it here. If entry to the stadium isn\u2019t free, no one comes to watch the matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one will came to watch South Africa vs Zimbabwe, no one came to see our match against Angola. In C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, for our games against Mali, Tunisia and Namibia, the stands were full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe local population was involved in the tournament \u2014 something I don\u2019t feel here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organisers have struggled to fill stadiums, and the weather has not helped matters, with heavy rainfall experienced almost every day of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Security at other venues has allowed fans free entrance after kick-off in a bid to increase attendance. This has resulted in supporters without tickets waiting outside stadiums on the assumption they will eventually be allowed in.<\/p>\n<p>The coach added: \u201cMy family was at our match against Egypt and it was chaos even before kick-off. Police stopped some people from entering the stadium despite having tickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople with tickets couldn\u2019t get in, while crowds without tickets were allowed to enter. My wife said she was scared. The organisation is deplorable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/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 #slams #Moroccans #ahead #Zimbabwe #clash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has slammed Moroccans for lacking the vibe at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1003,1432,1431,1021,573,1430,9468,4894,113],"class_list":["post-46220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-ahead","tag-bafana","tag-broos","tag-clash","tag-coach","tag-hugo","tag-moroccans","tag-slams","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220","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=46220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46221,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220\/revisions\/46221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}