"Standard of Our Football is Poor": Roger De Sa Agrees With Bafana Bafana Coach Hugo Broos

• Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has an ally in telling the truth about the currently poor standard of South African football
• Roger de SA joined the Belgian in expressing his worry about the decline of the local game and how it affects the national team
• He wants the entire footballing fraternity to fully admit that there is a problem, before coming up with a sweeping solution to it

Roger de Sa agreed with Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos' sentiments that South African football is not up to standard and is continuously sinking.

The former Orlando Pirates coach and Egypt assistant coach implied that not enough people connected to local football were prepared to admit this, which did not help the national side.

He told the Daily Sun:

"I think we need to face facts as a country: we are poor. To me what Broos said was not true and we need to look at it and see how we can come up with solutions to build a strong Bafana team that can compete with the best nations in the world, such as the Bafana team of 1996.

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"When I was with the Egypt national team we played Cameroon, Senegal, and Ivory Coast. Those countries have players playing for big teams in Europe."

In June, Broos launched a scathing attack on the standard of the Premier Soccer League, according to IOL. This was met with outrage and agreement, and was the latest statement by a respected figure in the country concerned about its football.

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