Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Khalil Ben Youssef has explained why Nasreddine Nabi was sent off after the final whistle by the referee.
Amakhosi lost 1-0 to Golden Arrows on Sunday, missing out on the chance to climb up the log.
But what made matters worse is that Nabi received a red card after the final whistle, which will now likely see him miss the next two games against Sekhukhune United and in the Nedbank Cup.
Ben Youssef explained Nabi received his marching orders after approaching the referee over the amount of injury-time added.
“Normally in football, if you make a substitution, every substitution is 30 seconds [injury-time]. So I give you a questions, how many substitutions were there in the second half?” he told media in KZN.
“They make five substitutions and we make three substitutions. So if you count how many times makes that.
“The issue with the red card is, he [Nabi] went to the referee and said ‘how we make so many substitutions. That’s the strategy of Golden Arrows, they try to win time, every challenge they go down and you give only three minutes injury-time. You have to give five minutes’.
“We’ve played now 12 games, always five minutes or more than five minutes for extra-time. If you give three minutes… and then you allowed them to take time, you don’t give them a yellow card [for time-wasting].
“We feel like, he tried to help the opposition team. I know it’s not a good situation for us, but I don’t want to talk [more] about the referee.”
Chiefs now face Sekhukhune, who climbed into third place after beating SuperSport United 3-0 on Sunday.
