Month: May 2014

Before Vahid Halihodzic was appointed as the coach of Algeria, he was in charge of Ivory Coast where he enjoyed a fairly successful campaign with the team of Didier Drogba as they went through a 2 year unbeaten run in qualifiers and reached the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but things took huge twist when playing against Algeria in the quarter finals stages of this competition, they lost in extra time.

This was a huge disappointment for Ivory Coast as they were favorites on going all the way and lifting the trophy. This defeat ultimately led to Halihodzic being sacked.

Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was recently accused of assaulting the referee in a recent match for his club, MC Alger. They were defeated by USMA in the Algeria Cup and it is thought that Chaouchi took his frustration out on the referee for perceiving that the official had not been fair in the match.

The 29-year-old was given a two-year suspension from playing football by the Algerian football Federation, but his case has now been reviewed by the committee and the 29-year-old will miss only one year of football.