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Hugo Broos has warned Nigeria’s Super Eagles after he stated that a place in the first 48-team World Cup in Canada, the US and Mexico is in Bafana Bafana’s hands.
South Africa’s emphatic 3-1 victory over Zimbabwe at a buzzing Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Tuesday saw Broos’ Africa Cup of Nations bronze medallists achieve the target of four points from June’s two games, having drawn 1-1 against Nigeria in Uyo on Friday.
“I don’t look at the results of our opponents,” he said. “I look at our results. If our results are good what happens with the opponents is not important.
“It was important to win, not because Nigeria lost or I don’t know what. It was important for us to win and we did it. That’s the focus we need to have.
“We don’t have to look at other results because you’ll never qualify because of the other results; you’ll qualify because of your own results. We’re on schedule for that.
“Let’s carry on next year, but if we can keep this level we have a big chance to qualify.”
Broos, who’s propelled Bafana to the top 10 in Africa, said it would be important for Bafana to be more clinical in front of goal in the remaining matches. There were many opportunities to score in their games so far and Broos agreed they could have been in an even better position had they taken more of them, especially against Nigeria.
“It’s important we won 3-1,” Broos said, asked about the importance of goal difference.
“We now have two more goals when they calculate in the end. We [also] had more chances and we could have scored fourth and the fifth.
“But again, I repeat what I said a few days ago, the moment we create chances I’m happy.
“Against Zimbabwe and also against Nigeria and in the other games, we create chances. One day you will score if you are creating chances. OK, we scored three times and let’s hope in the future it gives us a boost to maybe use our chances more and to have more goals like we had.”
Bafana Bafana will renew its rivalry with Nigeria in a home fixture billed for September 2025.
