{"id":29762,"date":"2026-03-24T14:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29762"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:38:31","slug":"bafana-bafana-coach-prioritises-key-training-camp-urges-world-cup-readiness","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bafana-bafana-coach-prioritises-key-training-camp-urges-world-cup-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana Coach prioritises key training camp, urges World Cup readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has described the team\u2019s current training camp as important for players ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Americas.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The squad has assembled for two international friendlies against Panama, with the first match scheduled for Durban on Friday. Broos named a 23-man squad, trimmed from a preliminary group of 38 announced earlier this month.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Following a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Morocco, where the team was eliminated in the round of 16, Broos says selection will be based on more than performance.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Broos says, \u201cThis is not an ordinary camp just to play the two upcoming friendlies. The two games against Panama are very important because we are planning for our opening game of the world cup against Mexico. So players should not expect just to come here, play two friendlies and go back to their clubs. This is an important camp, I will be observing a lot of things during this camp looking at the behaviour of my players, their conduct and how they talk to each other\u201d.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13895,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-29762","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The squad has assembled for two international friendlies against Panama,","published_date":"","news_description":"The squad has assembled for two international friendlies against Panama,","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29763,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29762\/revisions\/29763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}