He said that the tactical revolution and the infusion of new blood are the solution… Antar Yahya:
It seems that the former captain of the Algerian national team, Antar Yahya, if he is appointed coach of the “Greens”, will have different features of a road map for the future of the “Greens”, based on his technical reading of the national squad’s journey in the last World Cup finals, until the bitter elimination stage against Switzerland.
The hero of the “Omdurman” saga on the “ALG 24” channel, where he was an analyst during the World Cup, strongly defended a flexible football philosophy based on adapting tactical plans to serve the players’ capabilities, and not the other way around, stressing that the future of the “Warriors” inevitably passes through passing the torch to a promising new generation leading the locomotive of renewal, represented by names that have emerged strongly such as Ibrahim Mazza, Rayan Ait Nouri, Fares Chaybi, and Mohamed Ben Bouali.
The former defense rock categorically rejects the idea of imposing rigid tactical templates on the part of coaches without taking into account the individual characteristics of the group, considering that the basic duty of any system is to put the players in the best technical conditions on the field.
Before the decisive confrontation against Switzerland, Antar Yahya had proposed the “ideal lineup” capable of giving balance to the “Greens,” betting on a three-pronged defensive plan that includes Zinedine Belaid, Issa Mandi and Ramy Bensebaini, with Ait Nouri and Mohamed Amin Baghali being employed as flying wings, and a duo of Nabil Bentaleb and Fares Chaybi in recovering and linking up, with the possibility of inserting Titaroui, behind playmaker Ibrahim Maza. And captain Riyad Mahrez, to support the outspoken striker Amine Guiri or Mohamed Ben Bouali, which is a plan that, according to him, guarantees solidity in the back and gives greater freedom to the parties to create the offensive difference, citing the national voter’s own recognition of the guarantees granted by the tactical drawing with three defenders.
Antar Yahya classified defender Zinedine Belaid as one of the most prominent gains of the global tournament, praising the calmness, ferocity he presented in bilateral conflicts, and cleanliness in building the game from the back, considering him the ideal complement to Mandy and Ben Sabaini’s experience in the pivot. On the other hand, the former captain did not hesitate to express some reservations regarding the management of the human resource, as he expressed his regret for not giving the full opportunity to young names who could have changed a lot, led by Yassine Titaroui, who he would have preferred to see alongside Chaybi to free up Ibrahim Mazza offensively and give him greater depth, in addition to Adel Boulbena, who criticized his remaining as a “spectator” in the World Cup, stressing that any player called up for the World Cup finals must get a number of minutes for contact. And gain international experience, instead of just filling the bench.
In his reading of the names of the future, Hertha Berlin player, Ibrahim Mazza, received the largest share of praise, as Yahya described him as “the next maestro” who left a clear mark, citing the great second half he played against Jordan, in which he became the main engine of the “Greens” machine. Fares Chaybi also received special praise thanks to his high tactical intelligence, his superior ability to position himself in the spaces between the lines, in addition to his physical generosity in defensive roles, forming a harmonious duo with Bentaleb that is enough to increase Maza’s brilliance. Yahya concluded his analysis by emphasizing that “futile possession” is useless unless the team succeeds in penetrating the opponent’s lines, and it is the vertical option that the future duo, Mazza and Chaibi, mastered, to shape a young, solid Algerian team, capable of innovation and going far.
