Kaizer Chiefs have won five consecutive league games for the first time in six years thanks to Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef as co-coaches.
Amakhosi‘s run of form has seen them climb to third in the Betway Premiership with seven matches still to play.
Having beaten Magesi 4-1 midweek, the Soweto giants moved to 45 points which is their highest point tally in four seasons.
A third-place finish will see them qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup but they can still catch Orlando Pirates for second spot if the Buccaneers crumble in their remaining matches.
Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Cedric Kaze has praised his players for their consistent performance in March and April.
“I think that we are here to serve the club and I believe that the consistency has been lacking a little bit because even I remember last season we could win one game or two games at maximum but that consistency of having a run of two, three, four games was a little bit lacking,” said Kaze.
Will Kaizer Chiefs retain Kaize and Ben Youssef?
Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef have been serving as co-coaches for much of the season and the team has gotten better this season under their leadership.
Their mandate is to finish in the CAF Champions League spot, according to the Chiefs Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jr.
Kaze though says the focus for them is to finish the league stronger.
“I think that we emphasise every day at training that we need to stay hungry every time, we need to take opportunity of every training, every exercise that we do to improve ourselves because we are in such a big club that you can’t allow yourself to relax or to feel that you have arrived,” he added.
“About the last part of the question, we have eight games to go and as coaches we know what we want to do and we are here to serve the club and we will do our best for the remaining games.”
It remains to be seen if Chiefs will keep Kaze and Ben Youssef next season.
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