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Bafana's Broos unfazed by quick AFCON turnaround ahead of must-win Zimbabwe clash
Sunday Tribune
|December 28, 2025
THE quick turnaround of matches at AFCON in Morocco is not ideal for Bafana Bafana ahead of their crucial final group-stage match against rivals Zimbabwe tomorrow night (6pm kickoff), but coach Hugo Broos is not sulking or moaning about it.
BAFANA Bafana's Sphefelo Sithole for the ball with Egypt's Mahmoud Trezeguet during their Africa Cup of Nations Group B match. | AFP
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Bafana will face the Warriors at Stade de Marrakech in the final Group B clash, needing a result to be certain of securing a place in the knockout stage.
This pressured situation comes on the back of the team's 1-0 loss to Egypt at Stade Adrar on Friday, courtesy of Mohamed Salah's penalty a result that divided the football fraternity, with pundits split on whether South Africa lost on merit or were robbed.
The debate stems from referee Pacifique Ndabihawenimana awarding the Pharaohs a penalty after consulting VAR and the pitchside monitor for a foul on Salah inside the box. However, when the ball later struck the arm of Yasser Mahmoud, the Burundian-born official followed the same review process but waved play on.
This story is from the December 28, 2025 edition of Sunday Tribune.
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