Algeria may have dominated Somalia for its entry into the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, but Djamel Belmadi became very angry.
Algeria got off to a perfect start to its qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Facing Somalia, the Fennecs won 3-1 despite a sluggish performance.
Djamel Belmadi was no less shady at the end of the meeting. Witness his reaction when a journalist’s phone rang in the room. “After five and a half years, it’s a hell of a failure, it’s tiring. No matter how much we talk to you, you don’t understand. You like disorder. I will end up not coming to press conferences anymore and that’s what you want”he said.
And the Algerian coach also had it bad against the state of the pitch. “The quality of the land is catastrophic. You have to put yourself in the players’ shoes. You have to go on the lawn. I’m tired, he cursed. We have a particular type of football, it is made up of short passes in the intervals, how can we do it on this pitch? Playing at home will become a disadvantage. We have a magnificent enclosure, the supporters but we don’t have the essential thing, the pitch. We don’t even train the day before the match to get our bearings. Give us a good lawn. Land is not an excuse. It’s a reality. Playing at home is no longer an advantage. »
