Hugo Broos compares coaching in Cameroon and South Africa
Hugo Broos has drawn comparisons to his time coaching in Cameroon and now in South Africa, wondering why pap is all the craze.
Comparing Mzansi and Cameroon, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he is happy here but shocked why his players love pap.
The Belgian coach, Broos enjoys his life in Mzansi as he compares this country to Cameroon, but says he doesn’t like pap.
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Speaking to TimesLIVE, Broos says pap doesn’t have taste and he is surprised why his Bafana players like it.
The Bafana mentor led the 1996 African champions to bronze at the recent Afcon tournament and speaks about culture in Mzansi.
The ex-Afcon winner, Broos says he lives comfortably in Sandton, Johannesburg but he didn’t feel happy in Yaoundé.
HUGO BROOS DOESN’T LIKE MZANSI’S PAP, SHOCKED WHY BAFANA TROOPS LIKE IT
The 71-year Bafana mentor, Broos says he is getting to know and like Mzansi music, culture, and food but pap isn’t his favourite.
“The real South African food I like — there are some chicken plates with vegetables,” says Bafana boss Broos about Mzansi.
“I don’t like pap. I’m always surprised with the players.
“They have [so much] pap on their plates and I think, ‘Is he going to eat that?’
“For me, it doesn’t have a taste. Or am I wrong?
“Then I saw the chakalaka, so I put it — I like it a bit more like that but this is something that’s not for me.”
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The outspoken Bafana manager who is currently back home in Belgium to spend time with his family, says he enjoys himself in Mzansi.
Broos also states that as a grandfather, he misses his family but he is not safe in the Joburg CBD.
“[It’s] 10 times better than Cameroon. What makes me very happy is here I can live as I do in Belgium,” adds Bafana’s Broos about Mzansi.
“I couldn’t do that in Cameroon.
“It was impossible. I don’t have to tell you how the real African cities are.
“OK, Joburg is not safe — but I don’t live in Joburg [central], I live in Sandton.
“So I can go on the street, do groceries, go to a restaurant. I couldn’t do that in Cameroon.
“Life here is 10 times better than Cameroon. People ask me, ‘How is South Africa?’
“I say, ‘If I were to take you there blindfolded.
“And put you on the street in Sandton and asked where you were, you would never say South Africa’.
“Because it’s so good. This is a good life here in this country.
“I have everything I need, except my family. For the rest I don’t have complaints — I live exactly the same as in Belgium.”
The seasoned mentor says he will be back in Mzansi to prepare for friendlies against Algeria and Andorra next month.