Nabi Explains Why He’s Happy Despite Kaizer Chiefs’ Loss to Pirates in Soweto Derby

• Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has stated why he was happy despite the Glamour Boys defeat against Orlando Pirates in the Betway Premiership
• The Tunisian tactician took part in his first Soweto derby over the weekend and the mouthwatering clash was marred with a late drama that involving the referee
• The former AS FAR Rabat also commented on the performance of the two new signings who made their debut in the match

Kaizer Chiefs manager Nasreddine Nabi has explained why he's happy despite his team's loss to Orlando Pirates in the highly contested Soweto derby in the Betway Premiership this weekend.

The Glamour Boys held off the Buccaneers in 90 minutes of play, and when they thought the match would end goalless, the Sea Robbers were awarded a penalty in the added time.

Bafana Bafana midfielder Patrick Maswanganyi converted the penalty to give Jose Riveiro's side the deserved win over Amakhosi.

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Nabi states why he's happy after Soweto derby loss

According to Afrik-Foot, Nabi pointed out some of the things that made him happy despite Kaizer Chiefs' defeat against Pirates at the FNB Stadium.

The Tunisian tactician is glad that Amakhosi have shown signs of progress in this campaign compared to last season.

“I love the team’s progress, the mentality has changed compared with last season. Kaizer Chiefs will come back, there were a lot of positives that we picked today [against Orlando Pirates],” the former Young Africans coach said.

“It’s true, the performance was somehow good because the players are slowly coming to where we want them to be. Their mentality has totally changed.”

The Kaizer Chiefs head coach also shared his thoughts on the two new signings performance in the match.

“I believe that for the time they were on the field, they showed some good quality, but you must understand they only trained for four days after long trips from Europe,” said Nabi as quoted by iDiski Times.

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“They weren’t training regularly before they came, but the few minutes they played you can see there’s quality so we’re happy for the players who came on – so thank you to the management for those signings.”

Nabi will hope to lead Kaizer Chiefs back to winning ways when they face AmaZulu FC in their next match in the Betway Premiership this week.

A win for the Glamour Boys could make them retain the fifth place on the log as Stellenbosch FC and Cape Town City closing in on them.

Pirates are still six points behind Mamelodi Sundowns on the table with the defending champions playing one more game than the Bucs.

Former Kaizer Chiefs star speaks on Pirates' penalty

Briefly News earlier reported that a former Kaizer Chiefs forward commented on the referee's decision to award Orlando Pirates a late penalty in the Soweto derby.

The retired South African winger believes the match official's decision late in the game is debatable and he would not have given a penalty.

Source: Briefly News