Coach and the nation have been shown how far team is lagging behind world’s top footballing nations
N’Golo Kante of France outruns Bafana Bafana's Bongokuhle Hlongwane in the international friendly at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in Lille, France on March 29 2022. Picture: DAVID WINTER/SHUTTERSTOCK/BACKPAGEPIX
It’s not like suffering heavy defeats is anything new to Bafana. Shortly after the team’s introduction to international football they were on the wrong end of 4-0 drubbings at the hands of Nigeria and Mexico. To be fair, as coach Hugo Broos stated before last week’s friendly, it’s better to lose to France than to get a false perception of reality by beating, with due respect, a team like Botswana, though the Zebras may beg to differ about their chances against Bafana.
Bafana’s tepid performance highlighted much that is lacking in SA football. The team was hardly able to string together more than three or four passes at a time simply because their speed of thought and movement off the ball was too ponderous or even non-existent. It’s an achilles heel that’s been identified by several coaches who couldn’t help but notice the obvious lack of technical skills in many footballers who play in SA’s top flight.
Another part of the problem is that SA has no players campaigning in Europe’s top leagues, as was the case until Steven Pienaar’s retirement following a one-season stint with Sunderland in 2017. Yes, Percy Tau had a brief spell with Brighton in the Premier League between January and May 2021 but he spent most of his time warming the bench.
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