The Algerian football team will start this evening, its preparatory camp, which is interspersed with the two rounds of the last and last rounds of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The preparatory camp for the Algerian national team will start with the participation of a small group of players who will make a light training session at the National Technical Center of Sidi Moussa, in the southern suburb of Algiers, before continuing the invited players in succession, according to their preoccupations with their various professional clubs.
The group will be completed next Monday, as the technical staff of the national team will focus on the two sides of the technician and psychological, before Riad Mehrez and his colleagues joined the city Oran Next Wednesday, to hold one training session, on the eve of the decisive match against the host Somalia team, scheduled for Thursday evening, October 9, starting from 17:00, at the “Miloud Hadafi” stadium in the same city.
After the end of this match, which may know the official qualification of the Algerian national team to the World Cup 2026 finals, the team will return to the Sidi Musa Center, to continue preparing for the last match of the qualifiers, against the Ugandan team, programmed on October 14 at the “Hussein Ait Ahmed” stadium in Tizi -Ouzou.
Algeria is at the top of the seventh African liquidation group of the 2026 World Cup, with 19 points, 4 points behind its direct ancestors, Uganda and Mozambique. Al -Khidr has become only three points to win the qualification visa to the FIFA World Cup, scheduled for next summer, in the United States of America, Mexico and Canada. These are the three points that the “Green” team is very likely to win next Thursday when the Somalia team will meet.
The Algerian national team coach invited 26 players
He was the national team coach, Vladimir PetkovicThe invitation to participate in this camp has been invited to26 players4 of them are new faces. The matter is related to Luca Zidane, the goalkeeper of the Spanish club Granada, who recently changed his sporting nationality from French to Algerian, the right back Rafik Ballali (Hilas Verona), defender Samir Sharqi (French Paris Club) and the back of the families Mahdi Dorfal (Barry Italian). The national voter also returned to the ranks of “Al -Khader”, the two young attackers, Badr al -Din Bounaani, and the Secretary of Shayakha.
On the other hand, four players were absent from the list due to the injury, they are defenders, Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crowe, American), Ryan Ait Nuri (Manchester City, English) Youssef Atal (Qatari Al -Sadd) and midfielder Hossam Awar (Jeddah Jeddah. Betkovic also dispensed with technical reasons for the services of the average field, Ramiz Zarrouqi and the wing Saeed bin Rahma.
In a press conference, held last Thursday, at the press hall of the “Nelson Mandilla” stadium, Baraqi, the Algerian national team coach, Vladimir Petkovic, defended his options for the list of players invited, stressing that he called “the most ready players.”
“I chose the most ready players. When I have injured players, I take the opportunity to summon new faces and get to know them. I am not completely satisfied with the current performance, because I know that we are able to provide the best,” Petkovic said.
“I am satisfied with the goalkeepers, but I want to expand the options and create competition, as is the case in the rest of the centers. Luka Zidan deserves to be summoned, and he can provide additions to the group,” at the same time, at the same time, the discussion is currently opened around the first goalkeeper.
Betkovic admits that there are deficiencies in the Algerian national team
When asked about the balance of the squad, Betkovic acknowledged the existence of “points that must be improved at the defensive level.”
The first official for the national squad stressed: “We are not in a experimental stage, but in the World Cup qualifiers.
Among the calling players, there is the average attacking field, Badr Al -Din Bounaani, who moved this summer from the French club Nice to the German Stuttgart, and thus returns to the ranks of the “Greens”.
Betkovic said in this regard: “Bounani is an interesting and interesting player.
Petkovic also talked about a number of players who are closely followed, similar to striker Adel Bolbina, who is newly transferred to the Qatari club Al -Duhail from the Algerian club Paradou. He said in this regard: “I noticed that he has made great progress since his arrival in Qatar. He has to prove himself more and score more goals.
Regarding the other striker, Moncef Bakarrar, Betkovic expressed his “happiness” by moving to the Dinamo Zagreb club. And after two seasons in the ranks of New York City in the American League.
As a reminder, the owners of the first positions in the nine groups qualify directly to the 2026 World Cup Finals. While the four best teams will be ranked second in a detailed tournament on the Confederation of African Football, with the winner of them participating in a global team organized by the International Football Federation (FIFA).
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