Petkovic lays out the road map towards the “third star” – Algerian Al-Hiwar newspaper

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Tomorrow evening, the Algerian national team will begin its preparatory training for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, which will start next December 21, until January 18, 2026, at the Sidi Moussa Center in Algiers, where the players will successively join the center, after the end of their commitments with their clubs in the various European championships today, in the form of Ramy Bensebaini, Issa Mandi, Haj Moussa Anis, and the rest, where they will be placed. National voter Vladimir Petkovic’s map of preparations in anticipation of “Alkan”, in which he is counting on going the furthest point, and why not crowning the third title in Algeria’s history.
The national voter, as usual, will allocate the first session for recovery, after players arrive from multiple destinations, whether from the Gulf, such as Mahrez, Aouar, Boulbina, and Berkane, or from Europe, such as Bennacer, Zidane, and Ben Sabaini, as this will allow Mahrez’s teammates to regain their breath before entering serious work on Tuesday, since time is not enough, as we are only 10 days away from the “Greens” first match in “Alkan” against the Sudan national team. At Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat.
According to the program attended by the national technical staff, the players will undergo special physical tests on Tuesday, in order to know the readiness of each player for this continental tournament, as there are players who have played many confrontations with their clubs, such as Hijam Joan, Ramy Ben Sabaini, and Riyad Mahrez, while others suffer from physical delays, such as Ismail Bennacer, Youssef Atal and Rayan Ait Nouri, who did not play much with their clubs, while some suffer from injuries, Similar to Samir Sharqi.
National voter Vladimir Petkovic was counting on playing a friendly match here in Algeria before moving to Morocco next Friday, but the lack of time prevented that, which mixed the cards for the Swiss coach, who was hoping to have at least a friendly match that would allow his players to bond more and create more harmony between the three lines. Therefore, he will try to compensate for this with practical matches, in order to put the players in a more competitive atmosphere before playing the first match.