HE WAS hardly a household name or a particularly popular choice when he touched down in SA in 2021 to take the reins of beleaguered Bafana Bafana.
Here we go again, many fans said. Yet another guy getting big bucks for a job they’ll fail at. May as well give up now – Bafana are a lost cause.
But people are singing a different tune about Hugo Broos after South Africa’s gutsy performance at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). A nailbiter of a semifinal against Nigeria followed by the bronze medal, the Afcon golden glove award for heroic goalie Ronwen Williams and the fair play award to the team for sportsmanship – the boys might not
