Algeria ends the World Cup qualifiers with a difficult victory over Uganda – The New Algeria

The Algerian national football team ended its campaign in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Tuesday evening, with a difficult victory over its Ugandan guest.

In today’s match, the coach of the Algerian national team, Vladimir Petkovic, made four changes to his starting lineup, compared to the one that faced the Somali national team, last Thursday. Goalkeeper Luca Zidane came in for Alexis Guendouz, midfielder Adam Zarqan replaced Nabil Bentaleb, and attacking midfielder Ibrahim Mazza replaced Fares Shaybi, and Amine Guiri replaced Baghdad Bounedjah. The injured person.

It seems that these changes have affected the balance of the national squad, as the “Greens” conceded a surprise goal in the sixth minute of the match, after a mistake by Boudaoui in the middle of the field. Despite many attempts by Mahrez and his teammates to adjust the score, the first half ended with the visitors leading by a goal to zero.

In the second stage of the match, the Algerian national team threw all its weight to tip the scales in its favor. He succeeded in achieving this task, thanks to two goals by Mohamed El-Amin Ammoura via a penalty kick. The first in the 81st minute, after excellent work by substitute Haj Moussa and a foul on Ben Sabaini. The second came in the 90th + 8th minute, after an obstruction by Ugandan goalkeeper Ali Amin Gweri, who both left the field injured.

The national team had guaranteed its qualification to the 2026 World Cup finals, after it was confirmed that it topped the seventh African qualifying group. This is thanks to its victory over its host Somali national team, with a score of three goals to zero, in the match that took place, last Thursday, at the “Miloud Hadfi” stadium in the city of Oran, for the ninth and penultimate round of the qualifiers.

It is worth noting that these are… Fifth time In which Algeria qualifies for the FIFA World Cup finals. This came after the tournaments of Spain 1982, Mexico 1986, South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014.