South Africa coach Hugo Broos believes Ghana has got a lot of high-quality players as compared to the Premier Soccer League.
His comment comes following the Bafana Bafana defeat to Morocco in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
At a press conference, the 70-year-old claimed that the players in the South African league are of low quality, unlike Ghana.
“Now is the time to face the real problem, and the real problem of SA is that we don’t have high-quality players, like our last three opponents, Ghana, France, and Morocco.
“When you see the players of Ghana, 90% of the players are European-based. France, I don’t have to explain all the players are playing in big European teams.
“For Morocco, only one player from Wydad Casablanca featured, and he is the goalkeeper in the squad that played against us.
“The rest of the team is playing for big clubs like Fiorentina, Sevilla, and PSG, and we don’t have such quality players in Europe.”
“We can look at the fantastic race that Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates did on the continent, but Sundowns lost in the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League, and Pirates lost in the final of the Confederation Cup.
“Two Moroccan teams in Wydad and RS Berkane won those competitions, and in the Moroccan team, there was no player from those teams in the national team except the goalkeeper. Let’s face it, the problem of SA is that the level of the PSL is not high enough.”
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Sylvester Ntim
