A two-time Africa Cup of Nations winner with Cameroon has expressed his regret over the way the Indomitable Lions sacked current Bafana Bafana boss Hugo Broos seven years ago.
In December 2017, less than 10 months after Broos guided Cameroon to that year's AFCON title, he was given his marching orders by the Cameroonian Football Federation.
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Despite helping them end a 15-year-old title drought, the Belgian was reportedly sacked for a number of reasons, including his reported refusal to reside in the west African nation during his tenure.
At the fore of his departure, though, was the failure to qualify the team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, while other issues also included a fallout with some players and failure to convince them to not reject national team call-ups, according to Goal.
In 2021, he returned to the African stage, replacing Stuart Baxter at the Bafana helm, and has since steered South Africa to their first semi-final appearance at an AFCON since 2000 and a potential first bronze medal in 24 years.
Joseph-Antoine Bell, an AFCON winner with the Indomitable Lions in 1984 and 1988, has now suggested that Broos was mistreated by Cameroon.
"Hugo Broos' first AFCON, he won with Cameroon. With a team that was not the favourite. So he's a guy who has something in his head," the former goalkeeper said, according to RFI.
"We have not paid enough tribute to Hugo Broos, who Cameroon was also ungrateful and understood nothing at all. We even fired him.
"Not only did we not give him the congratulations he deserved, I said that the success was first and foremost that of Hugo Broos, but it didn't make much noise."
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