Bafana Bafana's head coach, Hugo Broos, has expressed his team's primary concern ahead of the upcoming match against Congo Brazzaville in the AFCON qualifiers.
South Africa achieved a resounding 5-0 victory over The Red Devils at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Friday evening.
Broos' squad is scheduled to compete against Congo on Tuesday, 16 October, at the Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, with the match set to commence at 6 pm.
The 72-year-old voiced concerns regarding the possible difficulties associated with playing on artificial turf, particularly if it is in subpar condition.
He remarked that the team has encountered challenges on such surfaces in the past.
WHAT BROOS IS WORRIED ABOUT AHEAD OF CONGO RETURN TIE
“My only concern is to see the pitch there,” said Broos in the post-match press conference.
“It’s a synthetic pitch. We have already in the past had bad experiences with synthetic pitches if they’re not good.
“I think of the one in Rwanda, that was really bad. I never understand that how can you play a qualifier for a World Cup on such a pitch.
“But okay, let’s look first to that. And if the pitch is like, for example like the one in South Sudan, then we can’t complain.
“And then we have to be able also to play good football in that. But if the pitch is not good, it will be more of fighting football. Okay, if we have to do it like that, we will do it like that.
“But let’s hope that the pitch is good and we can make or play our best football like we’re used to because this team will revenge. They lost 5-0, I think there will be pressure on the guys.
“So we have to prepare for that also and be ready again for the difficult game but if we can achieve our level, play with same mentality, then we have big opportunity to win the game also.”
