Benin will host the South African senior men's national team in Côte d'Ivoire after their home grounds were deemed to be unsuitable for international matches.

But this arrangement has been complicated by the fact that Côte d'Ivoire hosted the Gambia at the same Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny on Monday, and this means both Bafana Bafana and Benin cannot access the venue a day before their own match.

Broos is understandably upset as the visiting team is entitled to a training session of up to one hour on the pitch where the match is to take place, on the day before the match.

I have to tell you that I'm really not satisfied with the decision that we can't have a pre-match training in the stadium where the game takes place.

 I think this is a FIFA rule, that every team has the right to have a preliminary training before the game of 60 minutes in the stadium where you play, where the match takes place. 

I don't understand. I understand it because there is another game. But this is bad when people who make the rules don't follow the rules.

Will that have an influence on the game? I don't know. But I know if tomorrow after the game I'm not at the press conference, there will be a sanction. So we have to follow the rules.’

--ChannelAfrica—