Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi charges Stade Rennais following Amine Gouiri’s withdrawal for CAN 2024.
This was to be his first African Cup of Nations, but it is ultimately on television that Amine Gouiri will follow Algeria’s journey. The Rennes striker (23 years old), who chose to defend the colors of the Fennecs at the end of September, had to give up this CAN 2024 due to a knee injury. A last minute package that coach Djamel Belmadi has difficulty digesting, having discovered this physical problem late.
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“He arrived with knee pain. Strangely, we received a press release from Stade Rennais following our request since it was the player himself who told us that he had this pain that we did not know about, because his last match was on December 20, like most Ligue 1 players »he confided to DZ Football upon his arrival in Lomé, Togo, where the Algerians are doing their preparation course.
“No sign he had an injury…”
“He had played almost the entire match, so there was no signal that could warn us that he had an injuryadded the former Olympique de Marseille player, who has been on the Greens bench since 2018. Two days before his arrival, he was the one who told us he had this pain. Then, we contacted the club who sent us a medical report. »
And Djamel Belmadi, bitter, continued: “He came to us to have this injury noted and to see if he could give himself the chance of participating in the African Cup of Nations by having him taken care of by our medical staff, but apparently, he was not able to do so anymore. to overcome this pain. So we released him. » The absence of Amine Gouiri is bad news for Algeria, which will begin its CAN against Angola on January 15.
