It appears that evidently the Kaizer Chiefs gamers are responding higher to directions from Khalil Ben Youssef and Cedric Kaze than they did beneath the earlier head coach, Nasreddine Nabi.
Final month, Amakhosi introduced Nabi’s departure after simply 15 months on the membership. Since then, his two assistants, Ben Youssef and Kaze, have taken over as co-coaches till the top of the season.
Regardless of a difficult first season for Nabi, he managed to guide the Soweto giants to their first cup victory in 10 years by profitable the Nedbank Cup.
Are the Chiefs performing higher beneath Ben Youssef and Kaze?
Throughout Nabi’s brief tenure, Ben Youssef usually labored behind the scenes, and it’s argued that the membership’s goalkeeper coach, Ilyes Mzoughi, performed a big position within the technical crew.
Some followers started to note Ben Youssef’s affect throughout Nabi’s suspension when he guided Chiefs into the Nedbank Cup final 16 with a convincing efficiency towards Free Brokers, adopted by a slim 1-0 victory over Sekhukhune within the league.
“We’ve the identical crew with and with out coach Nabi. We work the identical with and with out him… there’s no distinction,” Ben Youssef mentioned again in January after uncommon back-to-back wins for Chiefs.
“The one distinction is that we didn’t concede, and that was luck. Possibly we conceded in different video games with coach Nabi as a result of we have been unfortunate,” he added as per SowetanLive.
Some followers criticised the assistant coach, suggesting he was defending Nabi, who was beneath fireplace on the time. Following a poor pre-season, expectations have been low for the Glamour Boys, and simply days earlier than the present Betway Premiership kicked off, Nabi was pressured to return to Tunisia as a consequence of his spouse’s severe accident.
After Ben Youssef and Kaze took over, they impressed Chiefs to 3 wins of their opening three matches.
Throughout this spectacular run, followers started to query whether or not Nabi was the issue. Nevertheless, Ben Youssef’s allure reassured everybody, claiming that Nabi was nonetheless offering directions from Tunisia.
Ben Youssef and Cedric getting one of the best out of Chiefs gamers
Upon Nabi’s return, he drew after which misplaced his third match in cost towards Sekhukhune United, the identical crew his assistants had beforehand defeated.
His arrival appeared to disrupt the crew’s momentum, resulting in the primary purpose conceded and their first lack of the season.
Following Nabi’s suspension, he was finally launched, leaving his assistants in cost. Underneath Kaze and Ben Youssef, Chiefs have re-entered the title race and reached the group levels of the CAF Confederation Cup.
The duo seems to be getting one of the best out of their gamers, reaching six league wins and 4 attracts as co-coaches.
