{"id":50782,"date":"2026-02-25T07:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50782"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:29:15","slug":"2026-02-25-stellies-deserved-to-win-says-chiefs-co-coach-ben-youssef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/2026-02-25-stellies-deserved-to-win-says-chiefs-co-coach-ben-youssef\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellies deserved to win, says Chiefs co-coach Ben Youssef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Khalil Ben Youssef has apologised to the Amakhosi faithful for losing 2-1 to struggling Stellenbosch FC in the league at FNB Stadium on Tuesday night, four days before the Soweto derby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chiefs scored first courtesy of Flavio Silva in the 36th minute, before Stellies turned things around, scoring in the 51st and 87th minutes via Langelihle Phili and Devin Titus, who\u2019s established himself as a Chefs slayer in recent times, respectively. It was Titus\u2019s third goal against Chiefs in 11 games he\u2019s played against them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFirst we have to apologise to our fans. We are so sorry for this result. I think we dominated the first half \u2014 we were better than Stellenbosch as we created a lot of scoring opportunities,\u201d Ben Youssef said after the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He bemoaned the goal-scoring chances they squandered in the first half, where Ashely du Preez and Silva couldn\u2019t bury some of the hosts\u2019 best opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe missed a lot of chances in the first half. I said it before and I am repeating it again: when you are better than the opponent, you have to finish off your chances,\u201d Ben Youssef said, adding that Stellies were a better side in the second stanza and deserved to win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe started the second half badly, conceding the first goal in the first five minutes. Then we tried to make a substitution, who we thought would add value \u2014 but I think Stellenbosch were better and they deserve to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The defeat was Amakhosi\u2019s third on the trot in all competitions. With the Soweto derby against Pirates at the same venue on Saturday looming large, Chiefs have little time to feel sorry for themselves. Fourth-placed Amakhosi are now eight points behind leaders Mamelodi Sundowns, who have played one game extra in the Betway Premiership.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"c-divider\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Stellies #deserved #win #Chiefs #cocoach #Ben #Youssef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Khalil Ben Youssef has apologised to the Amakhosi faithful for losing 2-1 to struggling Stellenbosch FC in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50784,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50782\/revisions\/50784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}