Johannesburg — A fuming Hugo Broos refused to address the media for his post-match press conference after Bafana Bafana’s disappointing 2-2 draw with Liberia in the Afcon qualifier on Friday night.
The South Africans looked all set to walk away with three points after leading 2-0 at half-time — thanks to a brace from Lyle Foster.
WATCH: Chaos during the Bafana Bafana post-match conference after coach Hugo Broos sent out assistant Helman Mkhalele to face the media following the draw against Liberia.
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Broos, though, eventually came out to face the music.
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But the Lone Stars turned the game on its head — after Bafana took the foot off the pedal – as Tonia Tisdell and Mohammed Sangare ensured that their side earned an invaluable point.
Even before the final whistle went off from referee Bamlak Weyesa, Broos stormed off the pitch to the dressing room resulting in his assistant Helman Mkhalele taking over the post-match duties for television.
But the gathering journalists in the Orlando Stadium’s auditorium turned away Mkhalele for the post-match duties, demanding to be addressed by the Bafana head coach instead.
The press respectfully requests for Bafana Head Coach Hugo Broos to attend post match presser instead of Assistant Coach Helman Mkhalele..
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Broos pitched in the auditorium, only to tell journalists that he’ll not be taking any questions before returning back to the dressing room.
“First of all, you’ll have to apologise (forgive) me today because I will not give much comment on this game. I will not answer your questions,” Broos said.
“There are too many disappointments, too many frustrations and too much anger in my body that if I should (anything) that I think, it won’t be nice.
“In the past, I have already been ready to answer your questions — even the difficult ones. But I hope that you understand that today it’s going to be very, very difficult to do that.
“So again sorry for that. I hope that when you saw what happened on the pitch today, you can understand my reaction as well. Thank you very much!”
After Friday’s night draw, Bafana run the risk of not qualifying for the finals in Ivory Coast next year if they fail to beat the Lone Stars away in Monrovia on Tuesday night.
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