Hugo Broos explains Bafana Bafana's use of Tuks HPC ahead of Morocco fixture

Hugo Broos explains Bafana Bafana's use of Tuks HPC ahead of Morocco fixture

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has explained the decision to use the University of Pretoria’s High Performance Centre (HPC) ahead of facing Morocco in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.

The national team is usually based in Johannesburg, but have taken a different approach prior to hosting the continent’s best side at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Broos doesn’t want this to be the last time they set up camp at the prestigious facility in the nation’s capital, and believes it's the kind of tools needed to make Bafana a success.

"It is fantastic here, and it's not only here – in Stellenbosch there is another one, and in... I don't know the name anymore, [but] I visited it a few months ago and it's three or four hours away from Jo'burg, and it's the same," Broos said in his media address.

"So, I think you have four or five [high-performance] centres, or maybe more, to use. There are many foreign athletes coming here, not because – well, yes, also because the weather is good, but certainly they come with a purpose to [use this centre].

"So, it means you [South Africa] have the opportunities, the only thing is to use them and maybe it's not possible for every club in South Africa because financially it takes effort to do it, and maybe some clubs can't do it.

"But it's up to us to work on it, and then I'm sure [things will improve] because the possibilities and opportunities in this country are what we need to [utilise] to become better and better."

The Belgian sounded and looked convinced with the choice for his training camp this time around, having previously experienced drama when Bafana were locked out of the Dobsonville Stadium due to administrative blunders.