Despite a surprise snub from the Bafana Bafana squad in Ivory Coast, attacker Fagrie Lakay extended his impressive with yet another goal for Egyptian Giants Pyramids.
Pyramids came from behind to rescue a draw Pharco thanks to an 84th-minute striker from the South African attacker.
The goal was a fourth of the season for Lakay, who has made 15 appearances this season and looks set to add to his tally of 12 goals and four assists in 42 appearances last season across all competitions.
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Given his form and experience of North African football, Lakay continues to be left out of the Bafana Afcon squad, even with the absences of Lyle Foster and Lebo Mothiba.
"We had Fagrie a few times with the national team, and honestly the performances of Fagrie were not good,” Broos responded when asked on Lakay's snub.
"I saw then after that he doesn’t always play with Pyramids, so again this is a choice you make and I made the choice not to take him to into the selection."
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Broos’s options upfront are Orlando Pirates duo of Zakhele Lepasa and Evidence Makgopa and although the pair have not enjoyed the most fruitful scoring form recently, Broos remains confident.
"First of all, I think Lepasa showed already with the national team that he's not so bad as a striker and he's scored regularly," Broos added.
"Makgopa was the striker in the beginning when I [started] coaching Bafana, and he did well too, so he's playing now again at Pirates and scoring too, so he has confidence.
"Those are the two that I have to choose because, okay, Foster and Mothiba are not there, so I have confidence in these guys."
Meanwhile up next for Lakay and Co. is a Last 16 clash against El Gaish on Tuesday. On the same date, Bafana will start their AFCON campaign with a group-stage clash against Mali.
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