Petkovic receives good news from France – the new Algeria

Algeria national team coach, Vladimir Petkovic, received good news from France, three weeks before the start of the “Greens” next preparatory camp.

Petkovic received The good newsYesterday, Tuesday, the return of his player, Samir Sharqi, to group training for his team, “Paris FC,” after about a month and a half of treatment for the injury he suffered during his participation, with the national team, in the finals of the African Cup of Nations, “CAN 2025.”

Defender Samir Chergui suffered a thigh injury last November 23, during his team’s match, “Paris FC,” against Lille (2-4), for the French Football League. He did not play any other match after that until the second match of the Algerian national team in the group stage of “CAN 2025”, against the Burkina Faso national team at the end of last December, during which he suffered a new setback by suffering the same injury.

If Samir Chergui continues his recovery stages seriously, he may be ready to return to official competition, starting next week, and thus be available to the coach of the Algerian national team. Vladimir Petkovic in anticipation of his inclusion in the list of players invited to participate in the preparatory camp scheduled for the last week of this March in Italy, which will include two friendly matches against the national teams of Guatemala and Uruguay.

The Italian camp is part of the Algerian national team’s preparations to participate in the 2026 World Cup finals, scheduled for next summer, in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada, where the “Greens” will compete in Group Eight, along with the teams of Argentina, Austria, and Jordan.