Kaizer Chiefs are the only team yet to concede in the Betway Premiership this season, keeping four clean sheets from four matches.
At the heart of that run are goalkeeper Brandon Petersen and fullback Thabiso Monyane, who have started every game and helped Amakhosi climb to second place on the log.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has now given Petersen fresh hope of a national team return, praising the Kaizer Chiefs shot-stopper for his improvement.
HUGO BROOS ON KAIZER CHIEFS’ BRANDON PETERSEN AND THABISO MONYANE
“There was a time in the beginning, I was here, we really had to search for a good goalkeeper,” Broos replied when asked about ‘Beza’.
“There were none. Williams was there, Goss was still in Sundowns, Chaine, nobody knew. Now, we have a choice, we have Leaner, we have Johnson.
“We have now Petersen – when I see the progression of Petersen, compare him with the previous season, he make big [jump]. So we have another good keeper, but I can only select three.
“I know maybe the performances he makes with Kaizer Chiefs, he deserves it also for the moment, but at the moment I can’t put out Goss, or I can’t put out Williams, I can’t even put out Chaine.
“He has to wait, let’s hope for him that the opportunity comes in future.”
Hugo Bross on Thabiso Monyane
“That was a guy who was on our list a year ago and he played a friendly game,” the Belgian continued. “But when you see what happened to him at Pirates, he didn’t play anymore. And now he is back by Kaizer Chiefs.
“And you see little by little he is coming again to a level we expect from him. Maybe this selection was a little bit too soon.
“I hope that he can confirm in the next weeks what he showed us in the four weeks so far and then again he can maybe be with us for the qualifiers in October,” the Belgian concluded.
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