Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Cedric Kaze has defended coach Nasreddine Nabi despite the pressure surrounding him following the inconsistent results, especially in the Premier Soccer League.
The former AS FAR Rabat coach took over the Glamour Boys at the start of the season and has since coached them in 33 competitive games. Amakhosi have won 13 games, drawn seven, and registered 13 losses. Of those defeats, 12 have been in the league where the Soweto giants are struggling to make the top eight.
Last weekend, Chiefs fell 2-1 against Orlando Pirates in the PSL's Soweto derby that was staged at the FNB Stadium. Despite the fact that things have not been working well, Kaze has urged the fans to keep faith in the coach.
He believes all will be well ahead of the Nedbank Cup final against Orlando Pirates this weekend at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
‘Nabi has a lot of experience'
“I have [worked] with coach Nabi for almost two years. It’s true that it’s been a difficult season that we have been facing because of the expectations that have not been met yet,” he told the media ahead of the Saturday game.
“But he has a lot of experience, he’s been in a lot of countries with a lot of teams. He understands the expectations. He also understands the struggles we’re going through. That gives him the tools to prepare for the future. Sometimes, maybe he doesn’t understand the harsh judgments that he feels are too early to be made.
“But in football we have learnt, not only in South Africa, that the judgements are very quick to come, and especially from the outside people who have the privilege of commenting on the results when the results are already there. But it’s the job he chose, and I talked to him this morning [Thursday], he’s pretty confident and eager to be on the touchline on Saturday in the Nedbank Cup final.”
Chiefs haven't won a title in a decade.
