No pressure, only pleasure, says Nabi ahead of huge Loftus showdown

KAIZER Chiefs’ coach Nasreddine Nabi says he is ‘not under pressure’ to end their 10-year trophy drought, as there is a bigger focus: completing the process.

- MIHLALI BALEKA,

Chiefs will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup semi-final at Loftus Versfeld in Hatfield, Pretoria, on Sunday evening (6pm kick-off). This is the team’s final chance to win silverware this season and end a barren run that has seen them fall from grace over the past decade.

And while the Brazilians have already beaten Chiefs in three successive matches across all competitions this season, it is often said that football is fickle at the top. As such, Chiefs’ fans will head to Loftus hoping they can finally end Sundowns’ dominance this season and move closer to their first trophy since the 2014/15 campaign.

Nonetheless, the man expected to be the messiah and lead them to the promised land remains measured in his expectations.

“You said there'll be pressure if we lose, but I can tell you there's no pressure. Every game that we play, there’s pleasure,’ said Nabi, in his pre-match press conference yesterday.