Kaizer Chiefs set their sights on the league title — Are they ready?
Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs have opened their league campaign in flawless fashion with three wins from three – and now they've set their sights on the ultimate prize..
According to assistant coach Khalil Ben Youssef, who has been in charge of the team in head coach Nasreddine Nabi's absence, the club wants to go all the way and dethrone Mamelodi Sundowns as the kings of South African football.
'We have our target inside the team between the players and the technical staff,' Youssef said after Tuesday's 1-0 win over Richards Bay, as quoted by iDiski Times.
'And it's written in our meeting room inside the village. We know what we need to do, and we keep it between us… For us, we take it game by game, we don't think about anything, we don't have any pressure. [But] for sure, Kaizer Chiefs is one of the biggest teams in South Africa – if we play in the league, we play to win the league.'
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