Coach Nasreddine Nabi says Kaizer Chiefs 'will come back' after their 3-0 win over Chippa United in the Nedbank Cup.
Chiefs are on a nine-year trophy drought, and in that time have seen countless coaches, players leave their club.
Nabi, who is in his first season with the club, believes it's a step-by-step process and backs the team to reclaim the glory in the not too distant future.
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"As we said earlier the game was not going to be easy, we happened to score early in the game but after we noticed at the end of the first half, we let the opponent to take control of the game. We tried to rectify that in the second half and the performance was good and the win," Nabi told SuperSport TV through assistant coach Cedric Kaze.
"Step by step, step by step, we going to come back. We go step by step, no pressure we work seriously and Kaizer Chiefs I promise you in the future we come back. Now we don't come back, we will come back. Step by step.
The presence of starlets Mduduzi Shabalala and Mfundo Vilakazi bodes well for the future of the club according to the coach and showered praise to the supporters.
"They are very good players and we feel that those are the present and future of the club and we just need to add some ingredients but we feel that the sauce we're cooking is coming along," Nabi said.
"Thank you very much for the support, we work seriously, every time it's not every time but it's ok. If we have some problem, I'm honest with you I will give some work. Thank you and come more for supporting us. Honestly, I love them too much."