Vahid Halilhodžić has not forgotten his success with the Algerian team in 2014. Eight years later, the 70-year-old technician still continues to highlight this feat.
If there is one event that Halilhodžić will remember throughout his career, it is his participation in the 2014 World Cup with Algeria. His one and only World Cup out of four assured qualifications. Besides, the Bosnian always talks about it.
In a long interview with Sofoot, Coach Vahid returned to his career, his eviction from Japan and the Moroccan selection, his relationship with the press, etc. But he did not fail to recall his good time with the Greens and the famous match in the round of 16 against Germany.
«I am recognized as the coach of the Fennecs»
Wherever he goes, Vahid leaves the recipe for success to his successors. This was the case with the Algerian squad that he bequeathed to Christian Gourcuff in 2014. A group that made Joachim Low’s Germany suffer. “ I don’t want to brag, but tactically I have a nose, I know how to do it. Defensively, at the limit, it’s easy, but offensively… There are a thousand possibilities. In 2014, all the teams were eaten by Germany, and we, Algeria, were eaten by Germany! Me, I don’t have a defined system, I adapt all the time, each match is a battle “, he says.
Asked about his future, Halilhodžić did not hesitate to look back on the past. “ So you have to have a little pride, it’s not nothing to bring four teams to the World Cup. I would have liked to relive what I experienced with Algeria. Everywhere I go, I am recognized as the coach of the Fennecs, we left a great impression. The day after the elimination against Germany, I went to a shopping center in Porto Alegre to buy some souvenirs, after 10 minutes there were 2000 or 3000 people carrying me in triumph. Can you imagine that? Brazilians! When we got back, there were several million people in the streets of the country. A national holiday. So I have never received so many proposals as I do now. Selections, clubs, even in France. I do not know he concludes.
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