Algerian Football Association’s president blames the coach for the defeat versus Slovenia

The latest setback of the Algerian national squad before the Slovenian side has created a spur among the fans and most importantly the Algerian football governing body’s managers led by the chairman Mohammed Raouraoua, who demanded explanations from the head coach in the aftermath of this unexpected defeat versus a relatively average team.

• The defeat of the Algerian team has shattered hopes of 35 million Algerians that were looking forward for a qualification to the second round of this competition, which was not an unreachable goal, but those hopes vanished in the air after this unexpected defeat.
• Raouraoua conferred with Saadane more than two hours
• The President of the Algerian Football Association (FAF) Mohammed Raouraoua has yesterday conferred with the coach Rabah Saadane for more than two hours in a bid to get clarifications concerning the Algerian team’s derailment versus a weaker side, Echourok has learnt.
• The same sources have revealed that the president has laid the blame on the coach for this defeat and has vehemently criticised his blurring tactical scheme during this match. The president has also criticised the coach’s changes he made in the second half and his replacement of Djebbour by Ghezzal.
• He has also required explanations concerning the decision to entry of Saifi and Guediourra at the moment when the Greens had to attack in reach a draw, but the coach was giving baseless arguments all along this meeting, the sources revealed.
• Saadane is the boss
• The president Mohammed Raouraoua has declared that the head coach Rabah Saadane is cherishing full power and he’s the one who decides in everything contrary to 1986 where he was a king without a crown.
• The players critical of his tactical scheme
• The president has launched an ultimatum to the coach Rabah Saadane and demanded a victory, no less, before England next Friday because another setback would oust the Greens from this competition and ruin hopes of a whole nation that put high hopes on this squad after years of disillusions.
• The players have also criticised the coach’s defensive scheme and asked called on the president to intervene in order to convince the coach Saadane to change his tactical scheme for the next fixture versus England. They all agreed that they can surprise their adversary because football is not a science.
• For his part Mohammed Raouraoua asked the players to retrieve the fighting spirit that helped them snatch the qualification in Oumderman, Sudan, versus Egypt and a win over England would the biggest gift they could offer to the Algerian people.