Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos praised Rulani Mokwena’s impact at Mamelodi Sundowns but also pointed out his biggest failure.
In the four years he was in charge of Downs, the 38-year-old coach won four league titles and a number of domestic cups. Broos though feels Mokwena failing to win the CAF Champions League with the squad he had was disappointing.
“It’s true that to coach at Mamelodi Sundowns, you have to be a great coach. Secondly, Sundowns buy the best players in the league every year. They have a core of 35 players, it’s incredible,” Broos said as per iDiski Times.
“These 35 players can make up three teams that would be top in many African leagues. So, the quality of players is there, but it is also difficult to manage 35 players, and he did it indeed for the better part of three years.
Broos praise Rulani Mokwena’s impact at Downs
“I never heard of players being unhappy, even though I’m sure that some were unhappy, but problems between him and his players never came out,” added the Belgian.
“On top of all of that, his results were very good, except, of course, and this was the big disappointment, he never made it, to the [Champions League] final.”
Hugo Broos and Rulani Mokwena have not always looked eye to eye when the he was still with Sundowns. Mokwena would often complain about his players arriving on camp injured after national duty and even questioned Broos’ training methods.
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