{"id":374651,"date":"2025-12-28T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374651\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:56:12","slug":"there-is-no-vibe-here-hugo-broos-slams-2025-afcon-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374651\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There is no vibe here&#8217; \u2013 Hugo Broos slams 2025 AFCON atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/There-is-no-vibe-here-Hugo-Broos-slams-2025-AFCON-atmosphere-2015552?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/19901179.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hugo Broos is the head coach of South Africa\" title=\"Hugo Broos is the head coach of South Africa\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/> <\/a>Hugo Broos is the head coach of South Africa<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">South Africa head coach, Hugo Broos has assessed the atmosphere surrounding the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, insisting the tournament lacks the energy and identity traditionally associated with AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking candidly after his side\u2019s latest outing, Broos compared the current environment to previous editions in Ivory Coast and Gabon, where he believes the tournament spirit was impossible to miss. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Belgian tactician, AFCON has always been about more than football, it is the sights, sounds and constant engagement of fans that make it special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel the same vibe I felt in Ivory Coast or Gabon. There is no vibe here; there is no typical AFCON atmosphere. It\u2019s fine that we play the games and have the stadiums and everything we need, but something is missing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/From-Prison-Wards-to-AFCON-Nights-Denis-Omedi-s-long-road-to-redemption-2015523\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From Prison Wards to AFCON Nights: Denis Omedi\u2019s long road to redemption<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Broos pointed to the visible contrast in fan participation, recalling how packed stadiums and street celebrations defined previous tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>He explained that during earlier AFCON editions, supporters lined the streets, waved flags and followed teams to training grounds, creating a carnival-like mood around the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what made AFCON unique. When we took the bus to training, people were waving and carrying flags. Here, you see nothing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FKA\/JE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Broos is the head coach of South Africa South Africa head coach, Hugo Broos has assessed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-374651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}