{"id":54302,"date":"2026-03-29T07:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54302"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:53:10","slug":"2026-03-29-they-have-35-players-they-can-rotate-broos-refuses-to-rest-downs-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/29\/2026-03-29-they-have-35-players-they-can-rotate-broos-refuses-to-rest-downs-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They have 35 players; they can rotate\u2019, Broos refuses to rest Downs stars"},"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=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bafana Bafana mentor Hugo Broos has insisted that Mamelodi Sundowns\u2019 congested fixture programme isn\u2019t his problem, vowing he won\u2019t rest the Brazilians\u2019 key players in the second friendly against Panama at Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday (7.30pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bafana and Panama played to a 1-1 draw in the first meeting at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Friday, where Oswin Appollis was on target for the home side, cancelling out \u00c9dgar B\u00e1rcenas\u2019 23rd-minute strike three minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some have suggested that Broos rest Sundowns stars such as Ronwen Williams, Teboho Mokoena, Khuliso Mudau and Aubrey Modiba amid the Tshwane giants\u2019 impending tight schedule that will see them play at least seven matches next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, Broos has insisted that he won\u2019t rest these Sundowns stars, who all started the first meeting with Panama, on Tuesday, highlighting that would compromise his preparations for the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere won\u2019t be a lot of changes [on Tuesday], not at all. I know the Sundowns players have an overloaded programme, but OK, this isn\u2019t my problem,\u201d Broos emphasised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI have to prepare for the World Cup. If we have a disappointing World Cup, people won\u2019t say, \u2018Oh, coach, you saved Sundowns players\u2019. Sundowns have enough players; they have 35 players, so they can certainly change in the PSL if Mokoena plays or Modiba plays or Mudau plays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey always win PSL games without them, so I don\u2019t see the problem for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Belgian hopes Bafana can replicate the performance they put in on Friday when they meet Panama for the second time in the Mother City on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI just hope that on Tuesday we play the same game [like they played on Friday]. We played a game on a high level; we played good football, modern football, not only when we had the ball but also when we lost the ball, so I hope we can do that for the second time after the first game,\u201d Broos said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"c-divider\"\/><\/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#players #rotate #Broos #refuses #rest #Downs #stars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana mentor Hugo Broos has insisted that Mamelodi Sundowns\u2019 congested fixture programme isn\u2019t his problem, vowing he won\u2019t rest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54302","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\/54302","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=54302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54304,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54302\/revisions\/54304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}