Chiefs legend blames club for giving ‘Code 14 truck to Code 8 drivers’ Kaze and Ben Youssef

Kaizer Chiefs legend Brian Baloyi feels the club is totally to blame for their disappointing run in cup competitions so far this season.

Chiefs exited the CAF Confederation Cup after losing 2-1 away to Zamalek on Saturday, meaning they are now out of all cup competitions, having exited the Carling Knockout and Nedbank Cup.

The Glamour Boys are now left with the PSL, where they are eight points behind leaders Orlando Pirates, who have played a game more, and it looks like it will be difficult to catch up with Abdeslam Ouaddou’s side as well as champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

Kaizer Chiefs player in action vs Zamalek SC — Zmalek vs Kaizer Chiefs. Photo credit: Kaizer Chiefs/X

Former Chiefs goalkeeper Baloyi is putting blame on the club’s hierarchy for keeping faith with co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef, who he feels are not good enough to manage such a huge club.

Baloyi blames Chiefs over wasted opportunity

“This competition of the CAF, the league, the Nedbank Cup, so much open, and with an opportunity of really, you know, making an impact,” Baloyi said on SoccerBeat.

“But I think, for me, how I sum it up when I look at it, I mean, it really, really hurts. To watch a game like this.

Brian Baloyi reveals how Chiefs denied him move to Liverpool — Brian Baloyi. Photo: Imago

“And for me, at the end of the day, when I look back, when I look at it, for me, it’s Kaizer Chiefs, the club itself is irresponsible, irresponsible in what way?”

“Kaizer Chiefs is a code 14, a big truck, and you can’t take a code 14 truck and give a driver who has a code 8 to drive such a big truck.

Kaze and Ben Youssef to blame for cup exits?

Kaizer Chiefs coaches Khalil Ben Youssef left and Cedric Kaze. Photo Kaizer Chiefs — Khalil Ben Youssef (left) and Cedric Kaze. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs

“You’re putting the lives of a lot of people on the roads in danger, you know, and this is what the club is doing right now.

“As a driver, you know, you can watch a truck driver doing what he does, you can also take the truck and move it, but you can’t drive it all the way from Durban to Cape Town…It’s impossible. And this is what’s happening,” Baloyi added.

Kaze and Ben Youssef were the assistants to Nasreddine Nabi but when their boss left last September, they were elevated in a co-coaching capacity until the end of the season.