After sealing CAF Confed Cup qualification, Ben Youssef sets sights on bigger points haul

Chiefs’ 2-0 win over Sekhukhune United at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane last night was enough to ensure that AmaZulu and Sekhukhune won’t reach them on the third spot. 

It’s also an improvement for the Chiefs team, which had finished outside the top eight last season.  

Amakhosi co-coach Khalil Ben Youssef says finishing in the top three and playing on the continent are things that should be standard for a club like Chiefs.

"A lot of times we said that the minimum we can do this season is to be in the top three. To play in the CAF for one of the biggest teams in South Africa and Africa, I think it's the minimum that we can do,” Ben Youssef said.  

“At least now we have already qualified for next season, congratulations to the fans, congratulations to the board and congratulations to the technical staff and the players."

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Chiefs have also reached the 50-point mark for the first time since the 2019/2020 season, when they lost the league title race in the last 20 minutes of the season. 

It’s one of many positives from this season, as compared to last season, where they finished with only 32 points from 28 games. 

Ben Youssef says a lot of people deserve credit for this good run.

"It's not the work only from us, it's the work from a lot of people behind the scenes. If you see the performance of the keeper, if you see the fitness of the team and the players coming from out of the squad and everytime I say to them, you are like a military, you have to be ready for every game,” he added.

“Our fitness coach, our analysts, our doctor, I have to say congratulations to everybody. Like I said, it's the minimum we can do for the team to be in the top three."