Blunt Broos says 'some players not good enough' after below-par Bafana performance

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos openly admitted that perhaps "some players" do not have the football qualities to represent the senior national team despite earning a 1-0 against Botswana at FNB Stadium on Tuesday.

"It's clear that some players are maybe not good enough or not able to be on this level. The PSL is one thing, but international games are tougher, are quicker and are different," Broos told reporters after the game.

"I chose two teams to see what the players can do. Today I am not happy with it, but again we won, and that is the most important thing."

Teboho Mokoena's stunning free-kick steered Bafana Bafana to a win that felt like a defeat as the performance was well under par compared to what they had produced on Saturday.

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Broos' charges demolished Sierra Leone 4-0, with goals coming from Themba Zwane, Mihlali Mayambela and Aubrey Modiba.

But on Tuesday, he changed his starting XI.

The 70-year-old Broos selected a relatively new-look 23-man squad for the matches against Sierra Leone and Botswana.

The players he would regularly call to the national camps were out injured, forcing the coach to adjust.

He fielded two different teams in both matches as an experiment that would assist him in orchestrating a meatier plan for next year's Africa Cup of Nations home and away qualifier against Group K opponents Liberia.

It was a more subdued performance from Bafana against Botswana, lacking quality in the final third, but that could be down to combinations as players were linking up for the first time together.

"I'm very happy with the result. We won twice now, and this is good for confidence. But on the other side, I can't be happy with the