Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos hope to have Themba Zwane and Sipho Mbule in the upcoming AFCON.
After four years, Mbule has impresed Broos once again as he believes that he is exactly what Zwane is but hopes he can have Mshishi also in the AFCON. The Orlando Pirates midfielder has revived his career since making a permanent move to the Buccaneers and has earned his place in the national team.
After an impressive performance against Zambia, which saw ‘Master Chef’ producing two assists and named Man of the Match, Broos believes Mbule is what has been missing in the squad and he got the second chance it is up to him to use it.
“Four years ago when I made first call-up, Mbule was there and immediately I saw the good player he was,” Broos told the media.
“The only problem with Mbule was that after that there were some other things who were more important than football and I think he understands now that football is not only playing a game, no! The game is finished and you still have to live like a player, like a football player but I think he understand now.
“So he becomes very important for us and I told him look it’s up to you now, you get your second chance there’s AFCON and there’s World Cup it’s up to you if you want to go with us.
“I would like to see performances and you see every time he is on the ball we be dangerous, we didn’t use him enough in the first half and you see that in our game.
“So Sipho has become very important player for the national team. The other side of the matter is that if tomorrow something happens with him we have a problem like we had a problem with Themba one year ago. So we find someone who can replace Themba but I still hope that Themba plays games at Sundowns and again he will be on his level like we know him and I think we can be more stronger with two guys like Sipho and Themba.
“Again I hope in the next three weeks and if it’s not for the World Cup next year maybe we can go do with Themba and Sipho.”