Kaizer Chiefs coach Ben Youssef Khalid on their 1-1 draw against Orlando Pirates: I think we deserved to win this match as did all we could on the day

Ben Youssef Khalid is a disappointed man.

The Kaizer Chiefs coach said the pre-match scenes at FNB Stadium spoilt what was to be a memorable game between two of South Africa’s titanic clubs.

This Betway Premiership ended in a 1-1 draw with Pule Mmodi scoring for Chiefs and Kamogelo Sebelebele equalising for Pirates.

“Before I start to talk about the game, I have to send a small message. I’m not from South Africa, but I know how many people watched the game. I received many calls from people asking where they can watch the game,” Khalil Ben Youssef said.

“I think what happened before the game is something that we can’t accept. We are sending a bad picture of our football, but what we saw before the game, we can’t accept. People are waiting to see the football. I think if you want to win the league, you have to beat the teams and win with football, not like that.

“It’s about safety, we spoke about safety, people from outside came to fight our players in our own half, I think this kind of thing is a shame. We can’t accept this kind of situation. Like I said, if you want to win the league, win it with football and then people will say you deserve to win the league. Not like that you can win the league.

“About the game, we tried in the first half just to contain Pirates, and I think it was more of a battle in the first half, a physical battle. I think we performed very well because, after what happened before the game, the players showed character. It didn’t disturb us, and we focused on the game.

“I think we deserved to win the game, unfortunately, in this kind of game, if you make a small mistake, you play cash. Today, I think we made one mistake and conceded the goal. But I’m so happy with the players’ performance; even those who weren’t in the team came in and performed well.

“I’m not happy about the result. I think we deserved to win the game.”