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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Kaizer Chiefs legend Willard Katsande has thrown his weight behind the club\u2019s interim co-coaches Khalil Ben Youssef and Cedric Kaze, downplaying the duo\u2019s lack of experience as head coaches.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Ben Youssef and Kaze were installed as interim coaches for the rest of the season after the club \u201cmutually agreed to conclude their professional relationship\u201d with head coach Nasreddine Nabi, who still had eight months left on his contract.Ben Youssef and Kaze, who were roped in by Nabi, have previously never served as head coaches, albeit they have gained vast experience over the years working on the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cLetting Ben Youssef and Kaze stay was a good idea because you can\u2019t bring in a new coach now and compromise continuity. These guys were with the team during preseason, and they already know the league, so let\u2019s support them,\u201d Katsande told Sowetan.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me to say these guys [Ben Youssef and Kaze] lack experience is not on because they have been working in football for many years. Sometimes the word \u2018experience\u2019 is misused.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t say they don\u2019t have experience as head coaches when they have worked as assistant coaches for ages. I don\u2019t buy the notion that they lack experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old retired defensive midfielder made more than 300 appearances for the Glamour Boys between 2011 and 2021 and was part of coach Stuart Baxter\u2019s combination that won league and cup doubles in 2012\u20132013 and 2014\u20132015.<\/p>\n

He used Arsenal incumbent coach Mikel Arteta as an example to make his point that sometimes experience is overrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at what Arteta did \u2014 he went straight to be Arsenal\u2019s coach from being an assistant at Man City [in 2019], so I don\u2019t think you can say a person who has been around serving in different roles lacks experience of being a head coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amakhosi\u2019s interim coaches had already overseen five matches in all competitions before the club and Nabi reached an agreement to part ways. The pair managed to win just one of those, beating Angolan side Kabuscorp 1-0 in the Caf Confederation Cup first preliminary round first leg at home to force penalties, which they won to advance to the second preliminary round. Chiefs lost the away leg 1-0, while they drew two league games in between that.<\/p>\n

Chiefs\u2019 penalty shootout defeat away to Stellenbosch in the first round of the Carling Knockout two weeks ago heaped more pressure on Ben Youssef and Kaze, with some calling for the club to also get rid of them and hire a new coach who would arrive with his backroom staff.<\/p>\n

Getting rid of the pair, with the other two remaining technical team members who arrived with Nabi, goalkeeper coach Ilyes Mzoughi and Majdi Safi, would prove a costly exercise for Amakhosi, as their contracts only lapse at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

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