Asked by the press about the last-minute changes to the location of the national team A training camp in anticipation of the two matches scheduled against Tanzania on September 7, then 5 days later against Senegal, the national coach Djamel Belmadi has drawn up a less than rosy report on the state of the country’s football infrastructure.
“The center of Sidi Moussa is not suitable for this course. The pitches are not ready to receive the national team, so we have to find another solution, “said the national coach, inviting the media present to” ask the question very clearly to those responsible “.
While emphasizing that “this is not new”, Belmadi added that “we have to ask who is responsible for the land, then it is up to him to be accountable”. Also asked about the pitch at the Annaba stadium, Belmadi gave an overview of football pitches at the national level. “Annaba, anyway we have no choice since the match is located there. The stadium is not as it was in June, that’s for sure, it’s not in the best condition we had hoped for for an international match,” he replied, saying that there is no stadium that is not in this state, be it “Baraki, Oran…”.
“Constantine, we are happy to go there in the sense that we have seen people who are volunteers who love the national team, who were proud to receive it and who do their best to provide working conditions worthy of the national team. . I’m going to lie if I say that it’s the best, that it’s the working conditions of a national team, but it’s that we found the best, “he explained.
“Two different matches which can give us a lot of lessons”In addition, Belmadi estimated that the next two outings of the Greens, against Tanzania on behalf of the 6th and last group F of the qualifications for CAN-2023 and against in Senegal in a friendly, are two “different” matches which “can give us a lot of lessons”, in anticipation of the next international matches.
“It’s two different games that can teach us a lot. The first against Tanzania, which needs a point to qualify for the CAN in Côte d’Ivoire. This selection has the same profile as the teams that we risk facing in the group stage of the next CAN. Our objective is to defend well and find spaces to develop our game and score goals”, he assured. Regarding the friendly match against Senegal, the national coach estimated that “the reigning African champion now a figure of the ogre of Africa, which has just beaten Brazil at the last FIFA date”.
Before continuing: “It’s a real test for us in front of a full stadium and an offensive team that will be keen to break a series of five defeats against Algeria. We have a lot of players unavailable, others are out of competition, but we are going to give the maximum in a reference match. »
In training in Constantine since yesterday, the Algerian football team will face Tanzania this Thursday (8:00 p.m.) in Annaba on behalf of the sixth and last day of group F of the qualifications of the African Cup of Nations football CAN-2023 ( postponed to 2024), before challenging Senegal, Tuesday, September 12, at the Diamniadio stadium, in the suburbs of Dakar.
