Algerian coach blames the ball and the pitch for the setback versus Slovenia

The Algerian national team coach Rabah Saadane has explained the defeat of the “Greens” versus Slovenia by the bad status of the pitch that hampered a lot the performance of both teams’ players, indicating that he is not trying to find arguments behind this setback.

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• Taking the floor before journalists at the end of the match, Rabah Saadane has declared “ It was a tough game and took control over most of the time but we paid cash one mistake and I think that the status of the field and the quality of the ball played a role”.
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• “ The players felt tiredness”
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• The head coach has indicated that the Greens made a good showing and led the events “ I think that we were on top during the first half, but the players were exhausted in the second that’s why we lost ground somehow, but I think that we were better that the adversary and the outcome was not fair”.
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• “We have to overcome hardship”
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• Rabah Saaddane went on saying that the next fixture versus England will be extremely tough indicating the high level requires overcoming difficult situations. He asserted that the Algerian national squad played well despite the presence of great football nations in the same group like England and the United States.
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• Our chances shrank with today’s defeat
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• The coach has admitted that the chances of the greens to reach the second round diminished a lot on account of today’s defeat, hinting to the missing opportunity after the draw between England and the US” the situation is very hard, we could have kept our chances alive to ease thoriugh the second round if we didn’t lose today”.
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• Our team is learning
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• Rabah Saadane has indicated that today’s defeat is a lesson for the future since the group is making its apprenticeship and those players are discovering the high level for the first time ” I think that that our national team is in a learning phase and today’s match is a good men for the future”
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• Chaouchi is not different from England’s goalkeeper
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• The coach has indicated that he will not blame his goalkeeper saying that Chaouchi was decisive in several occasions similarly to England’s goalkeeper” These types of mistakes are made during the apprenticeship phase, I will not blame Chaouchi and Ghezzal”, adding that he was convinced by the overall performance of his players. Saadane went on saying that Fouzi Chaouchi is among the best goalkeepers in the world and he will not put him on the bench versus England.
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• I will not make changes on the line-up
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• The will not reshuffle the line- up versus England despite the defeat versus Slovenia considering that the players made a good showing, but he will focus his preparation on the psychological part and some tactical points.