STEERING THE COURSE: Ronwen Williams: ‘We worked so hard ... It took years of sacrifice’
Hugo Broos engineered the first knockout round qualification for Bafana Bafana as they finished second behind Mexico in Group A. It was a game that South Africans will never forget.
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