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01/20/2022 10:33 p.m.
Following the elimination of Algeria in this African Cup, with the defeat against Côte d’Ivoire (3-1), Djamel Belmadi is shown very reassembled in a press conference, while his responsibility and that of Riyad Mahrez have been put forward in the failure of the Fennecs.
The African Cup is over for the title holder selection. This Thursday, Algeria was eliminated by finishing last in group E, following its defeat against Côte d’Ivoire (3-1). In a post-match press conference, Djamel Belmadi did not want to question the responsibility of Riyad Mahrez, who missed a penalty during the match (60th).
“We want to settle this as a family”
A journalist told the coach of the Fennecs that he had granted vacation to his captain, absent during the preparation. ” When you talk about Mahrez’s vacation, at a minimum you are not well informed, at worst you are dishonest ”
, replied Belmadi, then continued: “We want to settle this as a family, but apparently you want to settle this here. You talk about holidays (for Mahrez), but you don’t have the ins and outs. »
“Difficult to make a rational analysis”
More generally, the coach of Algeria judged that his team had not been able to rise to the level required by the tournament. “Difficult to make a rational analysis. Big disappointment. We were keen on this match to at least catch up on things in accounting terms. We couldn’t do it. From the moment when, since the beginning of the competition, we do not concretize our actions, doubt can settle. Even the penalties, we can’t score them ”, analyzed the coach.
“The preparation was chaotic for all the teams. When you see the shift in the date of availability of players, it misses a lot of things. We must also take into account the impact of Covid. We didn’t want to talk too much about players affected by Covid without necessarily switching to withholding information. It’s complicated to talk about that. Nothing juxtaposed as we would have liked” , he concluded.