CAN 2021-Algeria: Djamel Belmadi dons the costume of favorite
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” Is it better to be the favorite or the team that nobody is considering?” When I arrived, it was the second hypothesis. And this even in things that are not perceptible to the media. In the instances, no one looked at us. When we go to the CAN 2019 draw in Egypt, we were treated like a selection that was worthless. A year later, we were given the trophy and everything was different. We want to stay high, we want to stay strong ”, declared Djamel Belmadi at a press conference.
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However, there is no question of resting on its laurels. Djamel Belmadi prefers to work to assume this status of favorite. “ France, world champion in 2018, comes out in the second round of the following Euro. It’s a bitter failure so it hangs in everyone’s face. Playing against the champion gives an extra soul and that is the beauty of the sport. Everyone is going to want to bring us down. (…) But to fight, we will have to suffer. We will not let go until the end. And I repeat: we assume our status. I prefer that to the status of a small team that no one respects. We have an important challenge ahead of us and we are happy with it ”.
