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South Africa caput coach, Hugo Broos, has claimed that their 2-0 decision to Mexico successful the opening crippled of the 2026 World Cup, was down to mediocre tactical composure.
Hugo besides cited costly idiosyncratic mistakes for their nonaccomplishment to the co-hosts.
Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez scored for the Mexicans successful either half, arsenic they took each 3 points successful beforehand of their fans.
Bafana Bafana were reduced to 9 men aft Sphephelo Sithole and Themba Zwane received consecutive reddish cards.
Mexico besides saw Cesar Montes sent disconnected successful stoppage them, but took each 3 points.
Broos said: “When the archetypal extremity comes, I don’t deliberation I request to accidental thing astir it. But erstwhile they scored the 2nd goal, the Mexican subordinate brought my subordinate down. That happens; the referee decides thing else.
“But it’s a small pity that we had to decorativeness this crippled with 9 players.
“I deliberation my squad played a bully game. Some moments we were successful the game, and Mexico were adjacent desperate. They didn’t cognize however to find the space.
“Everything was good, but the lone happening we had to enactment connected was learning however to support possession.
“In the archetypal 20 minutes, the Mexico broadside kept my squad nether pressure, and for the 2 mistakes my squad conceded successful a infinitesimal erstwhile we didn’t person to suffer the ball, we got punished.”
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