South Africa's Broos ready for AFCON reunion with Cameroon

Rabat: Hugo Broos is hoping to lead South Africa to Cup of Nations glory in Morocco but standing in his team s way in the last 16 on Sunday are Camero...

Rabat: Hugo Broos is hoping to lead South Africa to Cup of Nations glory in Morocco but standing in his team's way in the last 16 on Sunday are Cameroon, the country with whom he won an unlikely continental title in 2017.

The showdown at the compact Al Medina Stadium in Rabat has the makings of a fascinating contest between a Bafana Bafana side building towards the World Cup and a Cameroon team that entered the AFCON in disarray.

Cameroonian football federation president and Indomitable Lions legend Samuel Eto'o sacked national team coach Marc Brys just weeks before the competition started, replacing him with David Pagou.

Brys had just overseen a play-off defeat against the Democratic Republic of Congo in the same Rabat stadium to which they will return this weekend.

That ended their hopes of making the World Cup, but they have bounced back so far at the Cup of Nations, winning two and drawing one of three group matches.