The national football team of the premises (EN A ‘) achieved a positive result in the first-rate barrage match of the African Nations Championship (Chan) 2025, by going to impose the draw at the Gambia at the Independence Stadium in Bakau (0-0).
This result will open the qualification doors to the final phase which will take place from August 2 to 30 in three countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It is now enough for Mahious’s comrades to confirm in a return match scheduled for Friday at Stade 19, 1956 in Annaba.
Beyond the result, the players showed character in difficult conditions. The Greens ‘coach, Madjid Bougherra, was very satisfied with the players’ state of mind and their yield, despite the difficult climatic conditions and the state of the lawn.
He said after the match: “I am very happy with the players’ state of mind and their yield on the field, despite very difficult climatic conditions, with heat and humidity, as well as the state of the lawn. We have a few goals, but the main thing that we did not collect goals against a team that contains technical and bicycle players. ”
The former captain of the Greens believes that the most important now is to recover well to prepare the return round, in order to achieve the objective that is the qualification in the final phase. Coach Bougherra, Arab champion in 2021 in Qatar and finalist with the locals during the Chan-2023 organized in Algeria, knows that nothing has yet been won in advance.
He counts on the unwavering support of supporters and launched a call for fans of the Greens to come en masse to support the players on Friday in a return match. In the event of qualification, in the final phase, Algeria will be paid into group C, in the company of Uganda, Niger, Guinea and the other qualified in the second dam (South Africa or Malawi). The first leg played on Saturday ended in Malawi’s victory (1-0).
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