Broos set to 'disappoint' Bafana Bafana players after 'a fantastic year' - 'The more difficult it is the better'

It has been a massive year for the Bafana Bafana players and fans owing to what the team has managed to achieve.

The most recent is qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Morocco later in 2025.

Bafana Bafana started the year with the 2023 Afcon Bronze in Ivory Coast despite coming into the biennial competition as underdogs.

They then managed to have a relatively good run in the race for the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. South Africa have collected seven points so far in Group C which puts them in a good position to go all the way.

Hugo Broos became the first Bafana coach to help the team qualify for back-to-back Afcon competitions.

The players have been phenomenal, but the Belgian insists he will have to disappoint some when he makes a decision on who will play at Afcon in Morocco.

"If you look at 2024, it's a fantastic year. We started with the bronze medal at Afcon, we played fantastic games in Algeria, against Zimbabwe, and Congo. I wanted us to finish in beauty, to do a good game, with a nice win," the 72-year-old told the media.

"The more difficult it is the better, the more I like it because that means you have very good players. When you see how we selected three years ago, it was very easy.

"So now we have to disappoint players that maybe deserve to be with the team but we can only select 23 players [for Afcon final]. But they can also know that if we have injuries or whatever, we don't have to search for a long time, we just take the list and we take the player," Broos concluded.

To avoid missing out, players will have to give their best at the club level and ensure their teams perform well to stand a chance of being called up by Broos.

They will then have to deliver for Bafana Bafana if given a chance by the veteran tactician.