With doubts beginning to emerge around Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi, a mentor who closely watched Nabi's FAR Rabat has sent a word of reassurance to the Khosi Nation.
Chiefs supporters currently seem divided on whether the problem lies with the Tunisian-Belgian or rather with the players, with the side's struggles enduring into the new season.
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After eight match, they still find themselves out of the Top Eight, as Nabi's reign is yet to live up to expectations.
The Soweto giants are missing clear goal scoring opportunities whilst also showing a vulnerability at the back, having not kept a single clean sheet in the league.
Darian Wilken, one of the assistant coaches at Raja Casablanca in 2023/24 under head coach Josef Zinnbauer, has explained the identity and characteristics of FAR Rabat under the 59-year-old.
"Really organized. His teams are well coached. Any phase of the game you're looking into, the team has an identity on what they are trying to do in the phase of the game, so you can see he's someone who works throughout to improve the team," Wilken said on Mike Morton Talks Football YouTube Channel.
"They were an extremely physical side at FAR Rabat, they were able to dominate a lot of the opponents just based on their physicality. Morocco Player of the Season was their captain [Mohamed Hrimat], he was a midfielder that scored a lot of goals via set-pieces, penalties.
"They were not a team that is going to sit and have a lot of ball possession, maybe like a Rulani [Mokwena] type of a team that sits and create a lot of possession. They were a team that is direct but not in a sense of playing long ball but direct in terms of vertical possession. Tricky team to play against.
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"Wingers that can dribble and run behind, fullbacks that can invert and go wide as well. So, it was a detailed team, one of the best teams we played against in Morocco that season," he added.
Raja edged FAR Rabat by one point to win the Botola Pro with an unbeaten record last term.
Wilken is currently an assistant coach to Fadlu Davids at Simba SC in Tanzania.