South Africa manager to show ‘no mercy’ to Cameroon at AFCON 2025

When he faces his former team in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, South Africa coach Hugo Broos has promised to show “no mercy” to Cameroon.

At Al Medina Stadium in Rabat, Broos will lead Bafana Bafana out against the country that he helped to win the 2017 AFCON championship in Gabon.

The game for me will undoubtedly be a special one for tomorrow. A portion of a nation’s heart stays with you when you win an AFCON, but tomorrow I can’t have mercy for them because I want to win the game, according to Belgian Broos, who spoke to reporters in Morocco on Saturday.

They are a young, very talented team with good fighting spirit and mentality, which means we must work hard to defeat them if we want to defeat them. ”

Despite a chaotic start to the tournament, Cameroon managed to earn seven points out of a possible nine in the group stage in Morocco.

A few weeks prior to the opening game, the football federation’s president and Indomitable Lions legend Samuel Eto’o fired coach Marc Brys, who was replaced by David Pagou.

In the final, I would have preferred to face Cameroon, Broos said.

With all the changes in their team, I was surprised and curious to see Cameroon. Although they did not have a lot of preparation time, the coach did a good job, and the match will be challenging for us. ”

No mercy will be shown tomorrow, he added. You can be certain. All that matters is that I must win the game. ”

South Africa upset before Cameroon test because Morocco AFCON was set up.

The 73-year-old also expressed anger at tournament organizers for forcing his team to spend 45 minutes driving to Rabat’s hotel.

If Morocco defeats outsiders Tanzania in their last-16 tie, the hosts will face Morocco in the quarterfinals.

I don’t understand why the Confederation of African Football (CFA) permitted that. Because it makes me unhappy, Broos complained.

Bafana Bafana, who have qualified for the 2018 World Cup, are hoping to at least equal their 2024 Cup of Nations semifinal success.

However, their coach acknowledges that, given the level of competition still available, it might be a difficult order.

We came here with the same level of ambition as we did two years ago, but I said this competition would be much harder.