Emotional World Cup return to Mexico for South Africa coach Broos

Forty years after playing for Belgium against hosts Mexico in the 1986 World Cup opener, Hugo Broos makes an emotional return to the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, this time as coach of South Africa."No-one in Hollywood could have scripted it better -- I played in a World Cup opener and now, four decades later, I will be one of the coaches in a World Cup opener," he told AFP. The 2026 World Cup, which Mexico, the United States and Canada are jointly hosting, signals the end of a 56-year football ca

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Yahoo Sports reports: Forty years after playing for Belgium against hosts Mexico in the 1986 World Cup opener, Hugo Broos makes an emotional return to the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, this time as coach of South Africa."No-one in Hollywood could have scripted it better -- I played in a World Cup opener and now, four decades later, I will be one of the coaches in a World Cup opener," he told AFP. The 2026 World Cup, which Mexico, the United States and Canada are jointly hosting, signals the end of a 56-year football ca