New position for Kaizer Chiefs star fan-favourite 

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has created anticipation among the Amakhosi fanbase.

KAIZER CHIEFS STAR NKOSIPHILE NGCOBO IN NEW ROLE

It’s been clear for all to see that the 25-year-old Ngcobo has struggled to grab and own the number 10 position at Amakhosi. Coach Nabi has now started to try him as a deep-lying playmaker in the number six or eight role.

“It’s true that Ngcobo played a different role than usual. We felt that in other moments, Magesi were defending too deep and we needed more technical quality to link up midfield and attack,” said Nabi via FARPost.

“At some point, you need to take a risk to get the results you want, and that’s the risk we took. But we felt that we were a bit unbalanced. We were a little bit too offensive, but we wanted to take the risk to get the results.

The Kaizer Chiefs mentor concluded to say: “We believe that Ngcobo is a very technical player and very smart, but we want him to be a bit more physical in his game because when you play in the middle of the park, there’s not enough space, people get to you very quickly. We need him to get that quality in his game.”

NASREDDINE NABI APPRECIATES THREE POINTS

A second-half goal from substitute Ashley Du Preez was enough to bag maximum points for Kaizer Chiefs, but it was never an attractive performance at all.

“We knew that it was going to be a difficult game. Magesi are always difficult against big teams,” Nabi told SuperSport TV after the match. “We saw it in the Carling final against (Orlando) Pirates, and we knew it was going to be a challenging game.

“And the fact of having a lot of changes in the starting line-up, we struggled a little bit in the first half to get on the front foot, to get going, but we were better in the second half.

“In this kind of game, what you need is three points to get going,” the Kaizer Chiefs mentor concluded.