Rather than analyzing his own mistakes, Djamel Belmadi attacked the refereeing after Algeria’s draw against Burkina Faso.
After its draw against Angola at the opening of the CAN, Algeria recorded another poor performance this Saturday. Against Burkina Faso, the Greens had to settle for another parity score (2-2). And if it weren’t for Baghdad Bounedjah’s equalizer in stoppage time, they would even have lost.
Belmadi regrets a penalty not whistled
At the end of the game, Djamel Belmadi presented himself at a press conference. The Algerian technician did not want to dwell on his tactical choices. On the other hand, he did not hesitate to point the finger at the arbitration.
“I want to point out one thing about the refereeing, it seems that a handball in the box in our favor was not reported. It’s important in a match like this. I hope the message will be heard,” he confided, thus putting pressure on whoever will officiate in their next match against Mauritania. A match that he described as “final” and for which his men will “need freshness”
During this media intervention, Belmadi also wanted to defend his captain Riyad Mahrez, author once again of a very average match. “I don’t like the idea of ​​shooting a player like Riyad Mahrez. We never relied on him, in fact the game goes more to the left than to the right. Mahrez has been very good recently but I am not playing on his status,” he assured.
