Kaizer Chiefs coach involved from Tunisia
Amakhosi have started the 2025/26 Betway Premiership with two wins from two, beating Stellenbosch 2-0 away and Polokwane City 1-0 at home.
The bright start has occurred without Nabi on the bench, who is in Tunisia to support his wife after a household accident.
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'We are a technical staff and all of us are familiar, and we work together,' Youssef told the media. 'We keep contact every day. Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi at the FNB Stadium after facing Mamelodi Sundowns in the Betway Premiership. Image: The Citizen
'Every training session we discuss on zoom and every day we have meetings as the technical staff to discuss about all the players.
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'We prepare for the game together, and while coach Nabi is not here physically, he is with us. We work together and are a team, we help each other, and we don't think about who is here, who is not here.
'We are all a technical staff, and we work together,' the Tunisian assistant concluded.
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