CAN 2024: “I don't care about your thanks to you because I've known you for six years”, the Algeria coach gives a big rant against a journalist

Djamel Belmadi, le sélectionneur des Fennecs a poussé un gros coup de gueule, mardi soir en conférence de presse. MAXPPP – Anis/APP

Beaten (1-0) by Mauritania, Algeria, last in its group, was eliminated in the first round of the CAN. The opportunity for coach Djamel Belmadi to sharply reframe the media DZ Foot, which had nevertheless stated the facts. One last episode before his dismissal, this Wednesday afternoon.    

Winner of the CAN in 2019, Algeria continues to collect disappointments since this last coronation. Already absent from the World Cup in Qatar, the Fennecs were this time ejected in the first round of the African Cup of Nations organized in Ivory Coast. Or the same disaster scenario as in 2022. 

A national humiliation

A humiliation for the Algerian people, who did not hesitate to express their resentment on social networks, but also for the country's media, including DZ Foot, who highlighted the fact that Djamel Belmadi was the first Algerian coach to have failed twice in the first round of the competition.

The opportunity for the latter, upset to the core, to give a big rant against the DZ football journalist, as reported by RMC. "Anyway, from the start, you've been on a mission", said the former OM player and of PSG.

Djamel Belmadi 🇩🇿 n’a pas du tout apprécié la question d’un journaliste de @DZfoot. 😳

« De toute manière toi depuis le début t’es en mission. » pic.twitter.com/sAr51xSqIR

— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) January 23, 2024

Sacked this Wednesday

Faced with this scathing response, DZ foot published an article on its site titled "We are not on a mission". And to ensure that their coverage of the CAN responded "in the most objective manner possible".< /p>

In office since 2018, coach Djamel Belmadi presented his resignation to the players. This Wednesday, the Algerian Federation ended its functions.