Watch VideoNasreddine Nabi posts cryptic Quranic verses as former assistants lose Soweto derby

Former Kaizer Chiefs’ coach Nasreddine Nabi appears to have taken a digat his former assistants Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef, allegedly accusing them of betrayal after posting cryptic Quranic messages after the duo lost their firstSoweto derby on Saturday. Chiefs lost 3-0 to arch-rivals Orlando Pirates in the Betway Premiership at FNB Stadium – a clash that marked the duo’s debut in the Soweto derby as co-coaches, having previously served as Nabi’s right-hand men in the last three derbies, losing two and winning one. Nabi’s departure, and the retention of Kaze, Ben Youssef, Ilyes Mzoughi (the goalkeeper coach) and Safi Majdi (the conditioning and fitness coach) also raised eyebrows.

Many believed that if Nabi wasn’t good enough, he should have been released with his entire technical team, while others insisted the quartet’s decision to not resign and stick by the man who brought them to the club was simply betrayal – a feat that Kaze denied. He said at the time: “I have known coach Nabi for a couple of years. “We have worked for some time.

He and I know the situation of the coaching job. Today, he’s not here. But I am pretty sure he’ll be proud of the fact that we continue where he left off, and bring the club back to where it belongs.” It seems that wasn’t the case. The Tunisian rushed to his Instagram status page to post cryptic Islamic scriptures from the Quranafter Chiefs’ loss in Soweto, almost taking a swipe at his former right-hand men over “betrayal”.