Algeria football coach, Vladimir Petkovic, surprised most observers by relying on an unexpected lineup against Burkina Faso, in the match scheduled for Sunday evening.
And it is held match Algeria and Burkina Faso, this Sunday evening in Rabat, for the second round of Group E for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals.
After a perfect start embodied in Big win Against the Sudanese national team (3-0), last Wednesday, it is expected that the “Greens” will confirm their determination to confirm this strong start and get closer to the round of 16, which they failed to reach during the previous two leagues, “Cannes 2021” in Cameroon and “Cannes 2023” in Côte d’Ivoire.
All indicators look positive for captain Riyad Mahrez’s teammates, who are looking forward to achieving a second successive victory in order to ensure qualification before the final match of the group stage scheduled for next Wednesday against Equatorial Guinea.
At the level of direct confrontations, the companions of the brilliant goalkeeper Luca Zidane will have to deal with a somewhat unsatisfactory record, as the Algerian national team has not achieved any victory in its last three matches with the Burkina Faso national team in various competitions. It is a series that reflects the difficulty of this appointment. The last confrontation between the two teams dates back to the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations finals, which were held in Côte d’Ivoire, where they ended in a draw (2-2) at the “Al Salam” Stadium in the city of Bouaké, in new evidence of the parity between the two formations and the strength that characterizes this match.
It is worth noting that the two teams that occupy first and second places from each group qualify for the quarter-finals. This is in addition to the four best teams in third place in the six groups.
The following is the starting lineup for the national team against its Burkinabé counterpart:
Zidane, Hijam, Ait Nouri, Mandi, Sharqi, Ben Sabaini, Ben Nasser, Boudaoui, Maza, Mahrez, Amoura.
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