Next Wednesday, the Algerian national football team, led by Petkovic, will open its campaign in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals against the Sudan national team, for the fifth round of the first round of the competition.
Morocco will host the 35th edition of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, from yesterday, Sunday, until next January 18, with the participation of 24 teams.
The “Greens” team is seeking to make a good start to enhance its chances of qualifying to the round of 16 of the tournament. It is a task that seems within reach on paper, although coach Vladimir Petkovic may find several difficulties to determine Starting lineup In light of the intense competition for three places.
Petkovic has several options in the right-back positions, with the presence of the trio Rafik Belghali, Samir Chergui and Youssef Atal. He is expected to make his final decision during the training session tomorrow evening, Tuesday. This is despite the fact that all indicators are in Belghali’s favor, due to his physical readiness, unlike the duo Sharqi and Atal, who have suffered from the curse of injuries in the recent period.
As for the left position, the choice will be between Joan Hajam and Rayan Ait Nouri. Haggam has performed strongly with the Swiss team Young Boys during the current season, unlike Ait Nouri, who only played two minutes during the last 14 matches that Manchester City played in the English Premier League.
Petkovic is seriously considering the idea of relying on Hajjam as a starter in the left-back position, in light of his great readiness from both the physical and technical aspects, knowing that he scored 3 goals from 14 matches with the national team, compared to the absence of any scoring mark from 20 international matches for Ait Nouri.
Petkovic decided to take care of other centers
Petkovic will also be in the position of midfielder between the duo Fares Shaybi and Ibrahim Maza, who are performing strongly with their teams, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen, in the German League.
Scheybe contributed to 7 goals between assists and scoring, while Maza scored two goals and provided one assist. The two players have equal chances to appear in the starting lineup in the attacking midfield position for the Algerian national team against Sudan.
As for the rest of the centers, it seems that Algeria national team coach The matter has been decided, so that Luca Zidane may be in goalkeeper, Ramy Bensebaini and Issa Mandi in the defense axis, and Hicham Boudaoui and Ismail Bennacer will occupy the midfield of the defensive field, while the attacking line will be formed by the trio of Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Lamine Amoura and Baghdad Bounedjah.
After facing its Sudanese counterpart on Wednesday (16:00 Algerian time), the national team will meet Burkina Faso on Sunday, December 28 (18:30), and Qom, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday, December 31 (17:00).
For your information, the first and second place finishers from each group qualify for the quarter-finals. This is in addition to the four best teams in third place.
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