The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has announced the exemption of national team coach Djamel Belmadi from supervising the local team and replacing him with the Olympic team coach Frederick Patley.The federation did not justify its surprise decision, raising doubts about the future of the coach of the African Nations Cup with the Greens.
Strangely enough, the Algerian Football Federation's decision came a day after Belmadi announced the selection of 22 local players to enter a closed camp for three days, as part of his preparations to face the Moroccan team on the 20th of next month in the African Nations qualifiers for local players scheduled for next year.
Local reports revealed that there were disagreements between Belmadi and WAFF over what the latter sees as dictating terms after the second African crown after 29 years of the first title in Algeria. The coach sees the clean-up of the Greens by excluding some officials. Few.
The strained relationship between Belmadi and Madane began in June after the coach found that the manager had concealed a girl's attendance at the team's camp in Sidi Moussa in March to meet players Youssef Attal and Rami Ben Sebini.
Belmadi reacted violently and almost resigned without the intervention of the president of the federation and the minister of youth and sports, who convinced him to stay and was subsequently sacrificed convicted despite his strong relationship with officials in the FAF, suggesting that things are unstable despite the continental crowning.