South Africa’s football national team, Bafana Bafana flew out of the country on Thursday to face Ethiopia in crucial back-to-back qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Bahir Dar on Saturday, and in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Speaking ahead of this much awaited match, Bafana coach Hugo Broos has said that as they go to Ethiopia, he and his players need to know what they are doing.
Bafana go into combat against Ethiopia high on confidence as they top Group G on four points from two qualifiers after a goalless draw against Zimbabwe in Harare and a 1-0 win over Ghana in Johannesburg last month.
“We know that we will be playing against a quality opposition and as we work on the opposition when they have the ball we should also know what to do when we are in possession of the ball. It’s all up us to what we do and we know what we are supposed to do,” he said.
Broos added that the team stood a better chance if it contains the match at an early stage.
In conclusion Broos said that for Bafana Bafana to finish on top of their group they need to win at least one of the two remaining games against Ethiopia and Ghana.
“It’s easier to win against Ethiopia than it is against Ghana. However we should not lose focus for the return on Tuesday. We have to win both away and home and to do that we have to focus on the game on Saturday win it and then turn our focus to the game on Tuesday,” said Broos.