Algeria national team…a new face enters the expanded roster – New Algeria

The Algerian national football team will hold a preparatory camp in Italy in the last week of this March, including two friendly preparatory matches, in anticipation of the 2026 World Cup finals.

The Algerian Football Federation has begun sending official invitations to the players on the expanded list concerned with participating in the upcoming “Greens” camp, scheduled in Italy from March 23 to 30.

According to several sources As you know, the expanded list includes a new face, who has never played for the Algerian national team, and it is Rafik Messali, the right-back of the French team Toulouse.

Rafik Messali, 22 years old, previously played for the Algerian youth national team (under 20 years old). He performed well this season with the Toulouse club, which put him in the accounts of the national team coach, Vladimir Petkovicwho seeks to strengthen the right side of the defense line, in light of the many injuries that struck the active elements in this center, such as Joan Hajam, Youssef Atal, Samir Sharqi, and Rafik Belghali, most of whom will miss the March camp due to lack of recovery or lack of competition.

It is worth noting that the Algerian national team will face, during the Italian camp, a friendly match against the national teams of Guatemala, on March 27, and Italy, on the 31st of the same month.