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Recently appointed coach of the SCO Angers reserve, Anthar Yahia returned to his report to EN, his Algerian international journey, born in France, as well as on the values he wishes to instill in his new role.
From the top of his 329 professional games, but also and above all thanks to his unforgettable and timeless shine in Oumdurman, Anthar Yahia has many lessons to discuss many binationals that make the watch play when choosing their sporting nationality. In a long interview devoted to him by the official website of the Angevin club, the 2010 globalist with the Greens, thus recalled how much this jersey is dear to him at the bend of anecdotes around, precisely, of this famous match in Sudan. “My period in selection was a love that was born from a young age and that will never end because selection is an eternal love,” says Yahia with pride before going back in time.
“At Inter, I discovered the high level”
“We hadn’t qualified for 24 years. The wink of the story is that a lot of players from this team that qualified Algeria at the World Cup were born in 82 (just before the last qualification at this time in 1986). For our generation, it was hard at times and then we did not give up. We were part of the renewal. We went to selection when not many people also went among those who played in Europe. We believed in it. We woven really fraternal links between us. And then we manage to qualify for the World Cup against the Triple African African Champion. It remains an incredible memory, ”recalls the former defender.
“Eliminate Egypt, an incredible memory”
And to continue: “Compared to my story, in relation to the story of my family, etc. There are lots of things that come back in mind. The wink of history is magnificent. Because my career as a player was a career of a working boy who believes in him. This is something that we say to our players too. I was perhaps not the most gifted at the start at the training center, but with the most regular work as possible. And at the end, we manage to have moments like that ”. Yahia has also returned to her club career, through very distinct facts. “Standing memories are my first professional contract. During my period at the training center in Sochaux, I was really lucky to be in a very very good training center and what young people are going through, “he said.
“I still have very close links with Bochum”
And to continue: “So these four years in the center of FC Sochaux with great memories. And then my first professional contract at Milan Inter with world champions, European champions where I arrived as a kid in this locker room and discover the high level through this door was really an exceptional experience ”. The old green also mentioned its German experience. “Subsequently, I had the opportunity to continue my career. I am thinking of two periods, we will say that to Bochum in the Bundesliga where I stayed practically five years in the same club where I still have very close links with the club and then my period in selection for ten years practically, “he will abound.
“My idol? My father, a welder “
As for the advice he would gladly give to young footballers, the former Milanese was very pragmatic. “You have to believe in yourself, believe in your dreams and give yourself the means. Beyond what I have been able to live is that now my introspection tells me how we do it to transmit it, without telling a story, but with good pedagogy, “said Yahia whose model has always been his father. “My model was my father, who was a welder and worked in the factory. He was also a judo belt. I have this pride of having been his son, of having seen his career, of having always worked and of having always told me that the work pays. It doesn’t matter where you are, work pays. This is what I convey to my children. This is what I convey to our players, ”he concludes.