Coach of the senior national team of Algeria Djamel Belmadi has revealed the secret of his team comeback win against the senior national team of Nigeria yesterday.
Algeria recovered from going a goal down as early as the 9th minute to claim a 2-1 win with Riyad Mahrez and Youcef Atal getting the goals that nullified Terem Moffi’s opening goal for Nigeria.
Speaking on how his team were able to turn the scores around and how they bossed the Nigerian team in the second half, the coach pointed out the introduction of Nabil Bentaleb as key to their dominat display in the second half.
He said the introduction of Bentaleb helped them to reorganize and denied Alex Iwobi time and space on the ball to spray the passes that Nigeria need for the transition from defence to attack.
“Nigeria are a good team, it was a real test. We played against them 3 times under my tenure. We beat them 3 times. They wanted to take their revenge”, he said.
“I like what we saw in the second half in midfield. Normally, there is everything you need to have a seat and a way to play. We have what it takes with these three players. They have a half-time lived together. It takes time.
“Conceding a goal can break your momentum. We lacked vigilance, I don’t like it because I insist on it. We stuck to our plan. We relocated and reworked this team”, he rounded up saying.
