Guest this Monday in the show Rothen s’enflamme on RMCthe coach of Algeria, Djamel Belmadi, took the opportunity to explain, but also to settle accounts with observers who have not spared him in recent days following his controversial remarks on the referee of the return play-off of the 2022 World Cup once morest Cameroon (1-2 ap), Bakary Gassama. First target: former whistle Tony Chapron, who had no hesitation in calling him a «poor». The winner of CAN 2019 wanted to refresh the memory of the French.
«He goes into the unusual. He swept a player, he tackled a player, and he gave him a red card (his tackle on Nantes’ Diego Carlos, editor’s note). That you tackle him, that you hurt him, you can at the limit apologize. But that you give him a red card is the pinnacle. And that this guy calls me mediocre…“, tackled the Algerian, before recalling the episode Kamel Chafni, who had been excluded by Chapron in 2011 following having denounced racist insults from one of his assistants. “When a player is insulted, or feels he has been insulted, a little empathy, listen to him. I’m not telling you to take his word for it, but do a little like the English referees, a little psychology. Maybe the guy is bumped. The first thing you do is give him a red card. Is this guy judging me? It is the hospital that does not care regarding charity.” Before referring his interlocutor to the fable of the crow and the nightingale, the moral of which is as follows: “Nightingale, are you crying because you lost? Nope ! I cry because I was judged by a pig!Chapron will appreciate…
Mboma disappointed him…
But Belmadi did not stop in such a good way and also emptied his bag concerning the former Cameroonian international Patrick Mboma. “In absolute terms, we don’t have the best players in the world (in Africa), we don’t have in absolute terms the best coaches in the world, why in absolute terms would you want us to have the best referees of the world ? Why not accept arbitration as it is?“, had argued the consultant. Words that do not pass with the Fennec.
«We may not agree. We were together at the Paris Saint-Germain training center, we drank the same milk and ate the same Frosties. For fifteen years, we have known each other by heart. I considered him to be a friend, with whom I had regular exchanges. No problem if there are differences, but pretending to be something I’m not is intellectually dishonest knowing that he knows me very well. I had the impression that Mboma was sent on a plate to say these kinds of statements, there are several good African players. I can name a lot of players. (…) Mboma might call me, he was a friend and he went into very limited, very borderline territory.“A very uplifted Belmadi!
Mboma “In the absolute, we don’t have the best players in the world” It’s true that Mane Mahrez Salah plays golf. The finish is masterful from this gentleman “Why would you want to have the best referees in the world on the continent” It’s downright lunar… pic.twitter.com/jFFqWepULq
— Ben L’Algerien1000Feuille (@BenBen2706) April 25, 2022
