After waiting for their last Group A match to beat South Korea 1-0 and book ticket to the knockout stage of the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, South Africa Belgium Coach, Hugo Broos, has said that his wards have shut up the “big mouths”.
The African team, playing in the tournament for the fourth time, finished second in Group A behind co-hosts Mexico, who had a perfect record of three wins out of three.
South Africa, who last featured at the World Cup when they hosted it in 2010, were widely written off after their 2-0 loss to Mexico in their opening match.
But they battled to a draw against the Czech Republic and came out on top in what was effectively a shootout for second place in Monterrey, thanks to Thapelo Maseko’s second-half strike.
“I’m very proud of the performance of my team and I think we gave an answer to all those big mouths of the last weeks that thought that we had to change something,” said a defiant Broos.
