Hugo Broos believes Bafana Bafana's World Cup exit at the hands of Canada highlighted a gap in power, intensity and speed of execution. Photo: Backpagepix
Hugo Broos believes Bafana Bafana’s Fifa World Cup elimination against Canada ultimately exposed the physical realities of modern football.
South Africa’s historic World Cup campaign came to an end on Sunday after defeat to the Canadians in the knockout stages, with Broos admitting the difference in power, speed and intensity between the sides proved decisive.
After guiding Bafana to the last 32 for the first time in the nation’s history, the Belgian coach watched his side struggle to consistently cope with Canada’s athleticism and aggression across the pitch.
“We lost the game because there was a lack of power and speed in our team and I compared that with our opponents, we lost a lot of duels,” Broos said afterwards.
