You need a strong heart to be a Bafana Bafana fan

IT’S a good thing I have a strong heart! How Hugo Broos survived last night I don’t know. The silver-haired Belgian must no doubt have aged a thousand times as Bafana Bafana contrived to take us back to those bad old days when they raised our hopes only to disappoint us.

- MATSHELANE MAMABOLO-

The dream of a return to the World Cup final was so palpable I was already imagining myself in Mexico. But no, Ronwen Williams and Co opted to contrive with the inept administrators at the South African Football Association (Safa) by making the trip to North America a far-fetched dream.

Failure to beat a Zimbabwe outfit that was reduced to 10 men early on after the break is not the sign of a team that wants to go mix it up with the world’s best on the game’s ultimate stage.

They are, of course, going to be saying they had chances and point to those shots by Mohau Nkota and Lyle Foster which ricocheted off the woodwork as a sign they were unlucky. Statistics will probably also count those as shots on target. The reality though is they were not.