Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has singled out Morocco as the team to beat in Group K after the continental football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), confirmed the draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday night.
The Senior Men’s National Team was pitted against Morocco, Zimbabwe and Liberia. These are the teams that stand between Bafana Bafana and the continental tournament to be played in Côte d’Ivoire next year.
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Broos said while Morocco will be viewed as the favourites to win the four-team group, Bafana Bafana have their own ambitions. They are well aware that they have to beat the North Africans if they want to be perched at the summit of the standings by the time the qualifying dust settles.
“It is clear that Morocco is the best team in our group. They were in the AFCON in January, they were eliminated by Egypt and they are a very good team,” Broos told www.Safa.net yesterday.
“Maybe Morocco are the best of our group.”
The North Africans have several players based in Belgium and the Senior National Team coach said he knows players like Tarik Tissoudalithe and Selim Amallah very well.
“I know this team very well. So I think if we want to be first in our group, we have to beat Morocco. On the other side there is Zimbabwe.
“We played against Zimbabwe during the qualifiers for the World Cup. We know them very well, we played two times against them last year [Bafana won 1-0 at home and drew 0-0 away], so they are a tough team. But this is a team we have to beat [if we are to qualify].
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“We are better than we were a few months ago. So I think if we can beat them twice it will be [a] very good [outcome] for us. Liberia for me are a team I don’t know [at the moment], I don’t know the players, so it is up to us in the coming weeks to look at their games.”
