Some signs are unmistakable. When a coach relies on anecdotal facts to embellish his record after a bitter failure, it is because the swan song is near. By recalling, as soon as the elimination in the group stage of the African Cup of Nations was confirmed, that Algeria had climbed from 60th to 30th place in the Fifa rankings under his mandate, Djamel Belmadi fooled no one.
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The strong man of the Fennecs since 2018 knew he was on an ejection seat, which the president of the Federation took less than 24 hours to activate. “It didn’t work out the way I wanted it to. I fully assume responsibility,” Belmadi simply declared after the meeting, in a press conference where the native of Champigny-sur-Marne remained true to himself, knowing without great doubt that it was his last as coach. from Algeria.
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