The cascade of dismissals and resignations at the Africa Cup continues. On the marches in the last hours of Tom Saintfiet (Gambia), Chris Hughton (Ghana) and jean-Louis Gasset (Ivory Coast), has been added to Djamel BelmadI at the head of the Algerian team, champions of the tournament in 2019 but eliminated on Tuesday for the second time in a row in the group stage.
Walid Sadi, Today the President of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) announced Belmadi’s departure. “I met with him to discuss the implications of this bitter dismissal and we reached an amicable agreement to end our relationship and terminate the contract linking the coach to the Algerian Football Federation,” Sadi said in his X account.
Belmadi informed the players of his resignation
The march of Belmadi is taken for granted when it was revealed that he had announced his resignation to the players in the locker room on Tuesday night after Algeria’s humiliating defeat, outnumbered, against mediocre Mauritania (1-0) in the match played at Bouaké stadium in Ivory Coast.
According to the APS news agency, Belmadi, who took office in August 2018, wanted to congratulate his players one by one, after failing to qualify the Algerian team for the round of 16. A disappointment added to non-qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup after losing to Cameroon in a decisive tie.
Belmadi, former player of Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Celta and Manchester City, Known for his meaningful and emotional moves on the bench, he had to formalize his resignation as soon as he returned to Algeria, as it happened.
In the press conference after the match against the Mauritanians, Belmadi declared that his fate will be decided immediately after his return to his country in a meeting of the Technical Office of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF).
Bottom with two points
The Algerian team got only two points in the current Africa Cup after drawing, first against Angola (1-1) and second against Burkina Faso (2-2), before losing for the first time in their history against Mauritania.
With this result, Algeria, champion of the Africa Cup in 2019, finished fourth and last in group D after Angola (7 points), Burkina Faso (4 points) and Mauritania (3 points).
Dozens of angry fans stormed the residence on Tuesday night of the North African team delegation in Bouak and demanded that the FAF president, Walid Sadi, fire Belmadi.
Source: La Verdad
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