2026 W/Cup: South Africa Coach Was Scared Of Mexico —Egypt Legend Aboutrika

Pharaohs of Egypt legend Mohamed Aboutrika has accused South Africa head coach Hugo Broos of being scared in their 2026 World Cup Group A opener with hosts Mexico.

The Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to Mexico on Thursday at the Estadio Azteca, in a contest that produced three red cards; two to South Africa and one to Mexico.

Analysing the match at full-time, Aboutrika blamed the defeat on Broos, insisting that the starting eleven of the coach was not the best.

“He’s afraid of the game. It’s the first match, so he’s scared. He went too defensive and right from the lineup, I knew he would lose. I put the blame on the coach. A disastrous match,” the former Egypt star told BeiN Sports (via Ghana Soccernet).

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Aboutrika continued:”I am shocked as an African because this team deserves to play much better with the qualities they have. Mexico isn’t that special.”

Following the opening day defeat, South Africa will hope for better results against Czech Republic and South Korea to stand any chance of advancing to the knockout stage of the tournament.

In the group’s other fixture South Korea edged out Czech Republic 2-1 to go top of the group.

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