After having supported him after the elimination of the national team from the Qatar-2022 World Cup, Hafid Derradji becomes the great opponent of Djamel Belmadi. On media releases or writing on social networks, the beIN Sports commentator has repeatedly attacked the national coach.
Since the Qatar-2022 World Cup, Hafid Derradji has allowed himself to attack Djamel Belmadi at every opportunity that arises. Obviously, he is leading a media cabal against the national coach which started from an interview with our colleagues from El-Heddaf TV. “Belmadi bears a large part of the responsibility for Algeria’s elimination from the World Cup…When you fail, you have to know how to leave the table”. Did he declare.
A few days later, the beIN Sports commentator fired (indirectly) at the national coach. In a post on its official facebook account to congratulate Morocco following its historic qualification for the semi-final of the World Cup, we can clearly see this sentence: “Morocco has proven that the matches of the World Cup are won, not can’t be played…with a modest trainer who works as much as he talks”. Alluding to Belmadi.
The former head of the EPTV sports department did not stop there. In each writing or media release, he wonders why Belmadi did not give up the apron just after the great failure of March 29, 2022. This afternoon, he broke again at the El- Hiwar. “I don’t understand why Belmadi collapsed on earth in tears after the elimination against Cameroon, instead of going to comfort his players…I didn’t say he’s a weak coach. And I don’t have a personal problem with him. But it is my most absolute right to contest it”.
Will Belmadi leave after this media cabal?
After the defensive posture against Djamel Belmadi, Hafid Derradji went on the offensive. We well remember how he defended it just after the great disappointment of March 29. Indeed, he wrote on his official facebook account: “You must be Belmadi to have the courage to continue the functions at the head of the technical bar of the national selection… His will to take up the challenges will lead him to overcome the slope despite the difficulty of the mission. But impossible is not Algerian”.
Apparently, the Greens driver becomes an easy target for fleeting admirers. It remains to be seen who benefits from these sudden maneuvers and which, it must be said, raise many questions.
Some believe that this media cabal could tempt Belmadi to throw in the towel. But the national coach has a strong personality that qualifies him to surpass it. This obviously requires good results in the next rounds.
