On top of all the other headaches Hugo Broos has ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Bafana Bafana coach is also having to stress about the lack of interest from the PSL when it comes to fixtures in December.
Broos revealed to the media that he sent the PSL a letter at the end of last season to request that the DSTV Premiership fixtures before the Africa Cup of Nations end on December 23, but the final round of matches for 2023 will be played on December 30.
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Broos is certainly not happy with this and is disappointed at how the league is not coming to the party to help the senior national team prepare for AFCON, set to be played in Ivory Coast.
The Belgian coach feels that the players need a bit of a break before going into camp to prepare for the continental showdown, which is why he had requested for fixtures to stop on December 23.
"You know, the players of Bafana Bafana, 80 percent are playing for top teams of South Africa. So that means they will play many games. It should have been good to give those players six or seven days off, so the PSL should have stopped on the 23rd (of December), like I asked immediately after last season. I did not even wait two days. After the last game finished, the next day we sent a letter and asked them to stop the PSL on the 23rd, so that we can give the players six or seven days. Did they read the letter? I don't know," Broos said during a press conference held at FNB Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
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"They ignored it. Then I saw the program (the fixtures), and the first thing I saw was that it stops on the 31st and I was like 'why was I expecting something?' It doesn't interest them. They just don't want to give you a good opportunity and a good environment to prepare the team."
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