South Africa coach Hugo Broos denied entry into stadium for PSL match

Published on: 29 September 2021
South Africa coach Hugo Broos denied entry into stadium for PSL match
Hugo Broos

South African Hugo Broos is 'really upset' after being denied access to watch the Premier Soccer League match at the stadium on Saturday. 

The Belgian who returned to South Africa earlier last week had wanted to watch the encounter between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.

But according to him, he wasn't allowed into the Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

"I missed two weeks, three weeks (of matches), and I did not see any games, but Helman Mkhalele was here, and he saw the games, and he reported back to me," Broos said on SABC Sport.

"On Friday I was again at the game of Swallows (v Cape Town City) and then again on Saturday (I watched) SuperSport United (v Maritzburg United) and I have to mention, and I am really upset that we would have liked to see the game between Orlando Pirates and Sundowns, but they did not allow us to go into the stadium.

"We could not enter at three o'clock, and we had an accreditation of the league, and they said 'no, this is not enough, and if I let you in, I will lose my job'.

"I don't understand it, we are coaches of the national team, and there is a team that doesn’t allow us in the stadium.

"And then the most surprising thing is that the chairman (Irvin Khoza) of that team (Pirates) is the vice president of the South African Football Association; I did not believe it."

Broos will be in the dugout again next month as Bafana are in action against Ethiopia in the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup qualifiers.

Bafana travel to Ethiopia on Saturday, 9 October before welcoming the same opponents for the return leg at FNB Stadium on Monday, 11 October.

Bafana are a point above Ghana who will play Zimbabwe twice in October.

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