Greens coach Djamel Belmadi had a lot to say during his press conference on the eve of facing Djibouti in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
In addition to the aspects related to the match and especially to the state of the lawn of the Mustapha Tchaker stadium in Blida which put him out of it, Djamel Belmadi overflowed on the news, evoking, in particular, the match that his team will play in Morocco on 7 of the current month and the death of young Djamel Bensmaïl who moved all of Algeria.
Due to the non-approval of the Ouagadougou stadium, the Burkina-Faso – Algeria match, counting for the second day of the World Cup qualifiers, is domiciled in Marrakech, Morocco.
Nothing abnormal other than playing in a neighboring country, except that this match will be played in a situation of strong tensions between the two countries. Diplomatic relations between Algeria and Morocco have been broken for a week and many are worried about the displacement of the national team in this country in this precise period.
Djamel Belmadi was questioned on the question and he did not hesitate to answer. The condition of the stadium lawn in Marrakech “is not as great as you might imagine, but I think it is much better. I do not compare with that of Tchaker which is of the same level as those that can be found in all the other countries to which we have removed the possibility of playing at home,” he said first, before addressing the component. “Political” of this displacement.
“We are going to play in Morocco with all that entails, in particular, what I also see like you, the problem which, normally, is not supposed to be. Will this political issue affect the game? Normally no, there are people who will have to be diligent and control all of this. We go there with a lot of hope, a lot of ambition without taking the lead, anyway it is useless, and without excessive paranoia. We are going to play a match in the neighboring country, inshallah he will welcome us as he should,” hopes the national coach.
Djamel Belmadi was also asked to speak about an event that shocked the whole country three weeks ago, the death of young Djamel Bensmaïl, lynched by the crowd on August 11 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen.
There too, he did not hesitate to deliver the bottom of his thoughts, reiterating his message of solidarity and union to the Algerians.
“We are all Algerians, let’s stay like that together”
“The death of our brother Djamel Bensmaïl obviously touched us all as Algerians, here and outside Algeria”, he said, saluting in passing “the wisdom shown” by the father of the victim.
“I imagine there are a lot of fathers here and not everyone would have had this wisdom. But at this moment when so many things are opposed, it takes a lot of wisdom and faith in God, because that could have been dangerous, without going into political considerations”, estimates he.
“The person most affected has called for solidarity and union, so I will do the same from my little place, from this rostrum. We are all Algerians, let’s stay like that together. We have to be careful if there are manipulations that are done here and there and not to go into these considerations. We have a history, we have a past which has meant that in solidarity, we have always overcome the tests, even the big tests”, recommends the national coach.
