Bafana's camaraderie leaves Broos with selection headache

THE camaraderie that’s brewing at Bafana Bafana with every passing camp pleases coach Hugo Broos who now has a nice selection headache.

- MIHLAI BALEKA

Bafana's relatively young and new-look team completed an impressive international window at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the last 10 days.

They hosted Tanzania to a stalemate in the first international friendly last Friday, before beating Mozambique 2-0 at the same venue on Tuesday night.

It turned out to be an impressive camp for Broos and his staff as they had doubts about the team’s unity after most players got their maiden call ups.

But such is the continuous camaraderie between the Bafana players, who are usually rivals at their domestic clubs, Broos' fears were allayed with no time.

“That (urge to play) will bring the level higher - certainly. The only thing that I want to say, which is amazing, is that there are 23 friends. That is something special,” Broos said.

“I said it already before that it’s not easy to be friends with your rival because there are two defenders, (midfielders), strikers and so on.