Mexico City, June 25 -- Following his side's first-ever qualification to the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup, South African Hugo Broos hailed the moment as an "emotional" one, noting that the side wanted to survive the group stage. He also hailed the team's self-belief.

A sensational goal from Thapelo Maseko took South Africa into the history books, as they beat South Korea 1-0 in their final league stage match of the tournament to make it to the knockout stages for the first time, after finishing second in Group A. Maseko became the second youngest goalscorer for South Africa in the FIFA World Cup at 22 years and 225 days.

Following the match, Broos said, as quoted by Reuters, that "everyone did their job" and was proud of the sh...