Disaster for Algeria, away in the pool again!

Two years ago, Algeria experienced a tragedy by exiting the group stage of CAN 2021 as title holders. This Tuesday evening explosion is at least as great, with new eliminations at this stage of the 2023 competition. The Algerians had to take at least one point to hope to qualify against Mauritania. But the Morabitons produced a tremendous feat to win against Fenex (1-0), which allowed them to qualify and therefore eliminate Algeria last in a group dominated by Angola, which imposed against Burkina Faso (2-0) and took first place. group

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The Algerians, however, took the meeting right with an unsettled Onas preferring Mahrez. The LOSC winger quickly worried the opposition goalkeeper (18th). But he lacked the same efficiency as Ouer (25th) or Boudoui (42nd) while on the counter a formidable Mauritania was found fault with Delahi Yally who managed to capitalize on a billiard shot to open the scoring (36th). In the second period, apparently, Jamel Belmadi tried to throw all possible forces into battle. Mahrez, Belaili or Slimani came on, but it was the Mauritanians who had the biggest chances to make the break, missing 2-0 on several occasions (49th, 59th, 85th). While Algeria, for their part, did not convert their chances through Belaili or Bounedjah, who did not target a wide opportunity late in the match. And since VAR never accounted for many of the tense situations in the area, the Algerians never benefited from the saving penalty they were hoping for. The hours promise to be very critical around Algeria’s selection…