Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos hopes to see another bumper crowd when his prices face South Sudan in a Group Ok 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Cape Town on Tuesday night.

Kick-off is at 18:00.

The match is reportedly bought out with 40 000 followers anticipated.

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The South African senior males’s nationwide crew certified for the 2025 AFCON final Thursday and Broos stated it will be the proper technique to convey the curtain down on a profitable yr if a packed Cape Town Stadium is available to welcome the facet as they make their method down the tunnel.

The Belgian mentor insisted that whereas Bafana Bafana have certified for the match to be held in Morocco subsequent yr, they’d nonetheless go after the guests as whether it is nonetheless the primary match of the qualifying marketing campaign.

“We want to win the game. This is not a friendly game. For us it is an important game because we want to remain top of the group, and we also want to show something to the crowd that is expected at the stadium,” he stated.

“We had two amazing evenings in Bloemfontein and in Gqeberha with great crowds and nice wins, so we want to do it again in Cape Town. It means we are still motivated for the game and again, it is very important for us to wrap up the qualifiers top of the group. It would be the cherry on top, as people say.”

Too costly

Meanwhile, South Sudan coach Nicolas Dupuis stated he has travelled to South Africa with solely 15 gamers as they discovered the aircraft tickets too costly to accommodate the entire crew.

He stated dealing with a crew like Bafana Bafana whereas they’re within the midst of a difficult interval off the sphere is a troublesome ask to his gamers.

But he insisted that regardless of the difficulties, they’d nonetheless put up a combat towards the South Africans.

“I think South Africa is now one of the top five or six best teams in Africa. South Sudan is not the same level. We are going to play without any professional players, only local players. But my players are good, my players have good spirits, and we train a lot,” he stated.

Rankings

Bafana Bafana are ranked 11ith in Africa and sixtieth on the earth within the newest FIFA world rankings, whereas South Sudan are forty seventh on the continent and 172nd on the earth.

South Africa beat South Sudan 3-2 of their away Group Ok qualifier in September.

Both Bafana Bafana and Uganda have already certified from Group Ok.

Congo will host Uganda of their closing qualifier on the Alphonse Massamba-Debat Stadium in Brazzaville on Tuesday, additionally at 18:00 (SA time).

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