Madjid Bougherra successor to Djamel Belmadi at the head of the national team A? This is the question that all Algerians ask themselves. But the current local coach hardly thinks about the succession of his friend.
Madjid Bougherra managed to make his way to glory with the national team A ‘. After clinching the FIFA Arab Cup in 2021, he is on his way to achieving another feat at CHAN-2022. Indeed, he is 90 minutes from the African title, on the occasion of the final which will oppose his band to Senegal, scheduled for Saturday February 4 at the Nelson Mandela stadium.
It must be said that the former defender of the Greens has proven himself as a coach. Many are those who qualify him as the worthy successor to Djamel Belmadi at the head of the national team A. Apparently, Bougherra does not think about it for the moment.
“You can forget me for the next 4 or 5 years”
During the post-match press conference against Niger, Madjid Bougherra was asked if he has the ambition to take over the head of the technical bar of EN A. He affirms that there is no don’t even think, while being grateful to Djamel Belmadi who has helped him a lot since the start of his coaching career.
“I owe great respect to Djamel Belmadi. It is thanks to him that I became a coach. I will never forget what he did for me at Duhail in Qatar. It was he who opened the doors of the national A’ team to me after all that I experienced in Al-Fujaïrah. He taught me a lot, he is my big brother, I will always be grateful to him”. He will say straight away.
National coach A’ did not stop there. He asks the Algerians to forget him for the next four or five years, that is to say until the end of Belmadi’s contract. “I work closely with Belmadi. We make sure to make the Algerian people happy. Frankly, we have a great coach. You can forget me for the next four or five years, that’s for sure. I still have to learn”. This is what is now clear, clean and precise.
