The two clubs met in the first leg tie of the 2022/23 CAF Confederation Cup semi-final, which took place at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium and climaxed in a 2-0 win for Yanga.
Burkinabe midfielder Stephane Aziz Ki and Ghanaian winger Bernard Morisson notched the goals for the Tanzanian football big gun.
Speaking after the clash, Nabi noted: "I appreciate the results, the clash against a good team was tough, as I said a day back. We created several chances in the first half but we could not convert them."
Nabi was adamant his players could not fully exploit the chances as per the approach he instructed them to deploy in the opening half and the encounter was, as a result, a bit tough.
The coach, a Belgian national of Tunisian origin, was nevertheless impressed with the outcome, saying his outfit deserved to come out victorious.
The gaffer conceded Marumo Gallants as well created chances but the opportunities were wasted, pointing out he was overall not satisfied with the outcome because his players did not play the way he had expected.
Meanwhile, Marumo Gallants are engaged in differing domestic and continental battles, which will require them to be strong mentally if they are to succeed.
The Limpopo-based outfit lost 2-0 to Yanga in the first leg of the 2022/23 CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam Wednesday.
With the 2-0 triumph, Yanga has been presented with 20m/- as motivation from President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
She had pledged to award each goal netted in the semi-finals of the continental tournament, dishing out 10m/- as a gesture to motivate players.
Raymond Mdaka, Marumo Gallants' assistant coach, is aware that keeping the club afloat in this season's DStv Premiership, South African Premier Division, which witnesses the club in danger of getting relegated, and helping the squad win the 2022/23 CAF Confederation Cup second leg semi-final will need much more than just brilliant play on the pitch.
That one is a difficult area to deal with losing the first leg by a two-goal margin, Mdaka responded.
The coach issued his take, responding to a question on how he handles the players' psychological well-being with the threat of them losing their livelihood hovering above their heads like a dark cloud.
The gaffer revealed: But I know that the strength of a person is in the mind. Now whatever you say and whatever you do should not be something that will not deject the players, it must be something to pick the players up."
Yanga and Marumo Gallants are set to lock horns in the rematch in South Africa on Wednesday next week.
Mdaka's immediate concern is to ensure that his players are not weighed down by the threat of relegation as they prepare to take on Yanga in the former's backyard for the second leg semi-final of the CAF Confederation Cup.
"We have to go back home with two games for the season to define our destiny l, we have to be mentally strong at this moment so that we can have positive results," the tactician noted.
"We just have to understand, all of us as players and the technical team that the key is to manage this situation."
Mdaka noted: We must get there and play to make sure we still have a chance (to progress) and that change will only come if we are united and we work together and support each other.
Marumo Gallants is just three points more than bottom dwellers Maritzburg United and the same as 15-placed Chippa United, who both still have two matches to play.
They have to beat Swallows FC in their final match if they are to survive, but that will happen much later.
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