What To Expect From Hugo Broos and Bafana Bafana?

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos will name a 31-man squad for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. It will be the Belgians first squad since taking up the role of head coach of the national team.

We chat to coach and analyst Grant de Smidt about what we can expect from Broos in terms of tactics and selection.

After failing to qualify for the last two World Cups, in Brazil and Russia, the South Africans will begin their journey to Qatar next month although Broos has already tempered expectations. They’ll begin their campaign away to neighbours Zimbabwe on September 3.

Three days from their trip to the National Sports Stadium in Harare, they’ll host Ghana at the FNB Stadium. However, they’ll face Ethiopia, another Group G opponent, in the first round of the postponed qualifiers later in the year.