South Africa coach Hugo Broos has vowed not to show Cameroon mercy in their last 16 clash at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Broos will lead Bafana Bafana out at Al Medina Stadium on Sunday, in Rabat against the nation he led to an unexpected AFCON triumph in Gabon in 2017.
“Tomorrow’s game is surely a special game for me. If you win an AFCON with a country then a part of them stays in your heart but tomorrow I can’t have mercy for them because I am the coach of South Africa now and I want to win the game,” Belgian Broos told reporters Saturday in the Moroccan capital.
“They are a very good team, a young team, and they have a good fighting spirit and mentality which means if we want to beat them we will have to be at our best.”
Cameroon took seven points from a possible nine in the group stage in Morocco despite a chaotic build-up to the tournament.
Coach Marc Brys was sacked by football federation president and Indomitable Lions legend Samuel Eto’o only a few weeks before their opening game, with David Pagou appointed as his replacement.
“I would have preferred to face Cameroon in the final –- maybe now is a little too soon,” Broos said.
“I was curious to see Cameroon with all the changes in their team and I have been surprised. They did not have much preparation time but the coach has done a good job and for us it will be a difficult match.”
“No mercy tomorrow! You can be sure. I have to win that game that is all that counts.” He concluded.
