Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has given an update on whether Percy Tau would be in the right state to feature against Morocco following celebrations with Al Ahly after they won the CAF Champions League recently.
Al Ahly won the CAF Champions League for a record-extending 11th time after edging Wydad Casablanca 3-2 on aggregate in the final last Sunday.
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Tau was on target for the Red Devils after they narrowly beat Wydad 2-1 in the first-leg, and a 1-1 draw in the second-leg, so the aggregate score handed them the title.
The former Mamelodi Sundowns forward clinched his second CAF Champions League crown after first winning it with South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016.
Broos firstly acknowledged that Tau had struggles in Bafana Bafana in the past year since he has been in charge and that he even wished he could find another club, because he was initially not playing regularly at the Egyptian giants and he's important for the national team.
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"Well, I know from Percy (Tau) when he comes to the national team he wants to perform but he was not ready to perform one year ago because of the injuries that he had. He didn't play in Al Ahly," Broos told the media in a press conference.
"Yes, he played and then four, to five weeks injured. So every time he came to the national team he came injured, so he was not ready and I said, 'I hope one day he can leave Al Ahly and go to a team where he's playing' because he's more important for us.
"A good Percy Tau is very important for Bafana Bafana. So, I see now in the last months (that) he's a standard player, he's always playing and he plays good. So, the games I saw, the (CAF) Champions League, we see that he's fresh and he's in a good shape," he said.
The Belgian mentor carried on and confirmed that Tau will be ready on Saturday for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco, despite him celebrating winning the CAF Champions League.
"And, this is important for us, so, okay, I know they won (the CAF Champions League), they will celebrate, it's totally normal that he does it but when he will be here. He will be ready because I know that he will perform with Bafana," he said.
"And, he knows also that what we saw from Percy, except maybe against Liberia, but what we saw from him before, it was not on this level (gestures higher with his hand), certainly not.
"So, I'm very happy now what happens with him in Al Ahly and I'm looking forward," he concluded.
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