Nasreddine Nabi concedes 'I have been offered opportunity to coach Tunisia' before revealing promises Kaizer Chiefs players made before win over Stellenbosch

Kaizer Chiefs laboured to a slim 1-0 win over Stellenbosch at the Athlone Stadium on Friday night.

Congolese winger Glody Lilepo scored the only goal to hand Chiefs their first win in three games.

The victory took the Soweto giants to fourth on the PSL table.

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has lauded conditioning coach Mr. Safi Majdi for ensuring the players deliver even after a hectic schedule that saw the team play three games inside seven days.

"Honestly it was a very good performance, thank you to all the players and in particular my conditioning coach Mr. Majdi, you know this is game number three in seven days and you look at the physical conditioning of my players it's incredible," he said after the Friday game.

"Majdi is a high-level conditioning coach, congratulations to him and all the players."

The Tunisian has further revealed the discussion he had with his players prior to the match with Stellies.

"Players promised me before the game that they will give me 200 percent for three points, for myself and for the supporters, I'm very happy about that.

"It's true that we didn't concede a lot of opportunities but credit goes to every player who was in the field, from the front line to the back.

"Everyone worked very hard, closed the spaces, tracked back, which made the work of the defenders a little bit easier."

Nabi, who joined the Glamour Boys at the beginning of the season, has since revealed he was wanted by his country but opted to continue working at Naturena.

“I’d like to say thank you to Dr. Kaizer Motaung, to Kaizer Jr., Bobby Motaung and the entire management," he explained.

“I have been offered an opportunity to go coach my country and we have sat together and we have decided that I’m going to pass this big opportunity to coach my country.

“But as well it’s honour to be here and I say thanks to everyone from the management," Nabi concluded.

Chiefs are still determined to challenge for the Premier Soccer League title this season despite their inconsistencies.

However, their realistic opportunity to end the decade-long drought is in the Nedbank Cup competition.

A win against Chippa United next weekend will seal their place in the quarter-final of the annual competition.