Former Kaizer Chiefs and South Africa midfielder, Junior Khanye has slammed Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos for poor player selection, adding that Ghana will still beat South Africa even if FIFA orders for a replay of their clash in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Senegalese referee Maguette N’Diaye awarded a 33rd-minute penalty to the Black Stars in the crucial game between the two countries.
The penalty has since created a lot of debate on the continent with South Africa lodging a formal protest to FIFA.
Reading FC defender Andy Yiadom, who featured in the game at the Cape Coast Stadium, recently told the BBC that he feels the call was a ‘little bit soft’ one from the referee after seeing replays from the television screens.
Speaking in an interview, the one time-capped Bafana Bafana midfielder has disclosed Ghana will still defeat his country South Africa should there be a rematch and will even be with more goals this time having heavily hit out at their head Hugo Broos for his poor selection. He told iDiski Times;
“If the match was ordered by Fifa to be replayed, I think Ghana would win it again, by more goals this time around.”
“I don’t know if Hugo Broos thinks he is trying to prove a point by omitting players who deserve to play in the national team. You cannot tell me that Andile Jali and Lyle Lakay are not good enough to play for the national team.”
“If we have the same approach, I think Ghana will defeat Bafana Bafana again in a replay situation. They had more threatening chances in the game we played.”
“Players like Nyiko Mobbie struggled to keep up with the Ghanaian attack. De Reuck and Siyanda Xulu were in sixes and sevens as a centre-back pairing, it just did not work out for them, they were lucky not to concede more goals.”
“I felt that the selection of players by Hugo Broos was off the mark, especially considering that many of the players he picked were inexperienced and their lack of big-match experience showed in that game.” He concluded
