Belmadi: Algerian players want to break the Egyptian team’s record

Djamel Belmadi, the Algerian coach, confirmed that his players desperately want to break the African record for consecutive games without a loss, held by the Egyptian team with 24 games.

The Algerian team reached 20 games without a defeat, while their last defeat was on October 18, 2018, when they fell to their host Benin, with an clean goal, in the qualifiers for the 2019 African Cup of Nations.

“The players have a great desire to break the record held by the Egyptians. Little things like this are of great importance,” Belmadi said in statements to the channel “BN Sport”, reported on Tuesday by the official Algerian news agency.

He added: “Perhaps it is not one of the most important ambitions, for me the World Cup competition is coming, that interests me a lot and we want to participate in it, and there is also the African Cup of Nations-2021 postponed to 2022 as well. Everyone will work to overcome it, they are all motivators and the players love it. “

He highlighted: “Every opportunity to play matches is a milestone to improve and be together. We strive for development at all times. Since the 2019 Africa Cup we have played high-level matches against strong teams, so we are constantly improving, we scored goals and conceded few goals, and we have never appeared white-faced. ” .

Algeria will face Zimbabwe on November 12 and 16 in the third and fourth rounds of the qualifiers for the upcoming African Cup of Nations.

Belmadi insisted on the need to be humble and aspire to always achieve the best and not be satisfied with what has been achieved, while warning against disappointment.

“It is not my nature to send messages, and I am not a fan of singing about victories, because I realize the difficulty of this task and I know that the joy of the day quickly turns to disappointment,” he said.

He emphasized, “I may be pessimistic, but the players realize that their coach is not one to tell them that you are the best and the most beautiful, but I remind them how they got to this level. I want to keep this position, but everyone wants to go far. ” And not be satisfied with what has been achieved. “

Belmadi renewed his aspiration to appear honorably at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, recognizing that qualifying for this tournament would not be easy, and that those who know African football know that things will be very difficult.

He added: “The World Cup is still our first objective, if we qualify, we will prepare it as it should be to go far in the competition. If we say that we will qualify for the quarterfinals or the gold square, then it means disrespect, but We will not go there just to participate. “

Belmadi renewed his commitment to the Algerian national team until the 2022 World Cup, highlighting that he has no future plans.

He concluded his comments by saying: “I am at 2000% with Algeria, I have the World Cup competition ahead of me. Today, Algeria and nothing but Algeria.”