The Algerian national football team quickly turned the page on the massive victory it achieved against its Sudanese counterpart (3-0), last Wednesday, for the first round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, and turned its compass towards the second match that will bring it together, next Sunday evening, with the Burkina Faso national team, in the second round, of the fifth group.
Despite the great impact he left Broad victory What is important, however, is that the coach of the Algerian national team, Vladimir Petkovic, and his players agree to adopt a balanced speech in which they put their feet on the ground and confirm their great awareness that they are facing more difficult tests, which will determine their fate in the African Championship.
After they were able to achieve the successful start that everyone aspired to, the slogan within the “Greens” squad became clear and clear, which is not to be led by enthusiasm, as the players put the confrontation with Sudan behind their backs, and completely shifted their focus on the expected summit against the “Horses” led by their coach Brama Traoré, who in turn won in the first round over Equatorial Guinea (2-1).
In this second match, the “Greens” will be facing a competitor of a different caliber, known for its toughness, the physical strength of its players, and their great experience in major continental matches.
In this context, the captain of the national team summarized: Riyad Mahrez The state of mind that prevails in the Algerian squad before this decisive match, saying, during the press conference that followed the confrontation with Sudan: “Another match awaits us against Burkina Faso, and we must raise our level if we want to achieve victory,” stressing, “by the way, the need to have more focus and discipline.”
The national teams of Algeria and Burkina Faso will meet in 2024
The last confrontation between Algeria and Burkina Faso dates back to the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Côte d’Ivoire, where the two teams tied (2-2) at the Al-Salam Stadium in the city of Bouaké, in a match that once again embodied the balance and competitiveness that always characterizes this exciting and exciting football conflict.
This match, which brings together two teams that won in the first round, is expected to have a major impact on the race for top spot in the group, knowing that the bet for the Algerian team will be double: confirming the positive indicators that appeared in the group at the beginning of the journey and successfully passing the first real test against the Burkinabé team, which is on paper one of the most difficult competitors for the “Greens” in the group.
In the other match in Group Five, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan, both of whom were defeated in the opening round, will meet with the aim of reviving their chances of qualifying.
It is worth noting that the first and second placed teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals, in addition to the four best third-placed teams.
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