You Must Win! Broos Piles The Pressure on Super Eagles with Timely Mind Games

• Hugo Broos says Bafana Bafana are the underdogs against Super Eagles

• Broos will hope for a win in Uyo to boost South Africa’s World Cup hopes

• Nigeria beat South Africa in the last meeting, but the Bafana coach insists his team was unlucky

South Africa’s head coach, Hugo Broos has declared that the onus is on Nigeria to beat his side.

Broos insists Bafana Bafana are the underdogs heading in Friday’s match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

The Super Eagles are under scrutiny following a lackluster start in Group C where the team have picked only two points from their first two matches.

New gaffer Finidi George is now under immense pressure to turn the team’s fortunes around as they face Bafana Bafana.

“The Super Eagles will be eager not to disappoint their fans which will put them under significant pressure to win the game,” Broos said in the pre-match presser.

“We’re no longer afraid, not scared of Nigeria’s ‘Super players’. The onus is on Nigeria not to disappoint their fans who missed the glamour of the last World Cup in Qatar because the Super Eagles did not participate.”

He added: “So, they have to now prove to their fans that their 2023 AFCON feat was not a fluke. We have made our mark and South Africans now believe in Bafana Bafana.

“We proved this during the last Nations Cup, hence our fans in South Africa believe in Bafana Bafana because of their 2023 Nations Cup feat.”