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South Africa: Afcon Bronze Medalists Bafana Arrive Home in Pomp and Ceremony

todayFebruary 14, 2024 3

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The South African senior men’s team walked away with the bronze medal at AFCON after beating DR Congo 6-5 on penalties in the tournament’s third-place playoffs.

A huge crowd gathered at the airport from 2am and patiently waited for coach Hugo Broos and his team to arrive later in the morning on Valentine’s Day.

Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa thanked the team for restoring the country’s pride and also gave special mention to the small band of members of the media who travelled to Côte d’Ivoire to support the team.

“I want to once more thank you coach for bringing this moment of hope to the country. We have not had this moment with Bafana Bafana for the longest time,” he said.

“You have brought us hope. You have brought us a game-changer in football. I thank SAFA for their leadership. I hope as we go along we’ll make sure that we create a pipeline to ensure that with this small opportunity, we now have building blocks for a national team.”

SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan thanked Broos, CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe and the people of Côte d’Ivoire for making the tournament a huge success.

“I want again to thank the coach. We started a long journey, we had many fights with the coach and he is not going to run away from a fight,” he said.

“He runs towards a fight. And you know that he has very strong views and is not afraid to express it. In the end, you could see the team shaping up and the team that played was his creation. I want to thank him for not stepping back, being relentless in pursuit of building the team that he thought would win the AFCON.”