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South Africa coach, Hugo Broos, has explained wherefore his squad mislaid against Canada successful the Round of 32 astatine the World Cup.
Broos watched arsenic a precocious stoppage clip extremity from Stephen Eustaquio gave Canada a 1-0 triumph against South Africa.
Speaking aft the game, Broos admitted that the co-host federation overpowered the Bafana Bafana with velocity and power, adding that his players couldn’t header ‘man against man’.
“It was a hard game, but I knew beforehand [it would beryllium so] due to the fact that I analysed the opponent,” Broos told FIFA.
“They person 2 important [traits] successful powerfulness and speed. We hoped we had an reply for that, but it was not ever the case.
“You saw situations successful the crippled that we could not follow, and the duels, antheral against man, we mislaid sometimes oregon astir of the time. We person to enactment connected powerfulness and velocity successful South Africa,” helium said.
World Cup 2026: Why we mislaid to Canada – South Africa manager Hugo Broos
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