'This guy is always fighting us!' Lesotho FA official takes aim at 'harsh' Hugo Broos amid Bafana Bafana star Teboho Mokoena saga in 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers - 'We want to see if the loud-mouth knows the regulations'

Bafana Bafana hosted Lesotho in the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifier staged at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday, March 21.

The hosts won the game 2-0 thanks to strikes from Relebohile Mofokeng and Jayden Adams.

However, the Lesotho Football Association claimed Teboho Mokoena shouldn't have played the game owing to the two yellow cards received in the initial games.

Lesotho have been pressuring Fifa and Caf to take action, although they haven't submitted an official complaint.

Mokhosi Mohapi, who is the Lesotho Football Association General Secretary, says coach Hugo Broos has been underrating Lesotho with his comments.

He argues the Belgian should know better than that; football has rules that should be followed.

“Hugo Broos has been harsh in terms of what he said about us as a nation and as an association,” he told FARPost.

“So they [SAFA] have never said anything despite having to tell them on numerous occasions that this guy [Broos] is always fighting us at any given opportunity.

“All they said [SAFA] is that he’s a loud-mouth, so we want to see if the loud-mouth knows the regulations.

"I mean he’s been saying that he doesn’t know why there’s an organisation called Lesotho Football Association and why the team exists in FIFA competitions, he’s been saying that," Mohapi concluded.

South Africa are the most in-form team in Group C and are seemingly going all the way.

After Lesotho's failure to lodge a complaint, it is interesting to see whether Fifa and Caf will act.

In case it happens, the likes of Benin, Rwanda and Nigeria might get a lifeline.