South Africa head coach, Hugo Broos has said the Super Eagles are a different team under the new head coach, Finidi George. Portuguese tactician, Jose Peseiro was in charge of the Super Eagles the last time the West Africans confronted South Africa at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Finidi took charge of the Super Eagles in an interim capacity in the friendlies against Ghana and Mali in March. Broos claimed that he saw a different Super Eagles team from the friendlies compared to the side that played at the AFCON. The Belgian claimed he has to work out a way to stop the Super Eagles like he did at the AFCON. 'We will try to shock them again.
“Also in the final they didn’t really play offensively, they just tried to be good defensively and then hoping on a counterattack or a situation in front of the goal where they could score. “I saw two games against Mali and Ghana, it’s different. They take a little bit more initiative. It’s not the team anymore who went back and waited.
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