Bafana Bafana of South Africa head coach Hugo Broos says the Super Eagles are a more offensive team under new handler Finidi George.

Broos’s side came up against the Super Eagles at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in February.

Nigeria triumphed 4-2 on penalties after the semi-final tie ended 1-1.

Then Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro adopted a defensive approach for majority of his side’s game at the competition.

Broos however said the Super Eagles approach was different in the friendlies against Ghana and Mali in March with Finidi in charge.

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“We will try to shock them again. It’s a little bit different than the team of AFCON,” Broos told SABC.

“With Finidi George they have a coach who thinks more offensively. Peseiro, he was a little bit more defensive and I saw that certainly in the game against us, he was always telling the team to go back.

“Also in the final they didn’t really play offensively, they just tried to be good defensively and then hoping on a counterattack or a situation in front of the goal where they could score.

“I saw two games against Mali and Ghana, it’s different. They take a little bit more initiative. It’s not the team anymore who went back and wait.

“They also try to make pressure early in the game and close to the goal of the opponent, so we have to look for something now that we can shock them again like we did for the game in Ivory Coast.”

Bafana Bafana will be up against the Super Eagles at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo next week Friday.

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