Bougherra is counting heavily on this camp and his three friendly matches to officially choose his returning “eleven” who should start the CHAN opener against his Libyan counterpart.
The Hometown Players National Football Team will start its three friendlies scheduled during this FIFA break, playing Syria at the Sharjah Football Stadium today from 7:30 p.m. as part of its schedule at the stadium. she does in this country. Subsequently, the Algerian football team A ‘will face Sierra Leone on November 19 before closing this internship with the match scheduled against Kuwait, on November 26 in the United Arab Emirates, as part of its preparation for the CHAN-2022 African Nations Championship (postponed to 2023, editor’s note) scheduled in Algeria (January 13-February 4). It should be noted from the outset that this internship in the United Arab Emirates was scheduled on the advice of coach Bougherra. Critics have come from lovers of this selection of local players, castigating the decision of coach Bougherra for the programming of this camp outside the country, insofar as the competition will take place in Algeria.
Usually, all the selections will prepare at home, when preparing for a competition that is scheduled on their territory. But the technical staff of the Algerian A’ decided otherwise. About the opponents of the Greens in this tournament, we do not know them at all, knowing that the African selections are not well supervised by their respective federations, the Algerian Federation is one of them. Otherwise, how to explain that the governing body of Algerian football has not moved a finger to point out to Bougherra that this is not the best way to promote Algerian football in general, and local players in particular. Note that this first friendly match against Syria will be played in the presence of the public. This, following the authorization of the main coach Madjid Bougherra to play this meeting in the presence of the supporters. It was necessary to do this internship in Algeria and make the players feel the pressure of the public, if the public deigned to move for this selection, because not being well taken care of by the FAF. Thus, Bougherra is counting a lot on this internship and his three friendly matches to officially choose his “eleven” returning who should start the opening match of CHAN next Friday January 13 at the Baraki stadium in Algiers (5:00 p.m.) against his Libyan counterpart. , in the opening match of the 7th African Nations Championship CHAN-2022 (postponed to 2023), scheduled for
January 13 to February 4 by CAF.
The other group A match, hosted at the new Baraki stadium, will oppose Ethiopia to Mozambique a little later in the evening (8:00 p.m.). The players of coach Madjid Bougherra will continue by facing Ethiopia on Tuesday January 17 (5:00 p.m.), before completing the first round by crossing swords with Mozambique on Saturday January 21 (8:00 p.m.). For the first time, eighteen teams will take part in this competition, following the decision of CAF to increase the number of participating teams. The teams were split into three groups of four and two groups of three. The top two from groups A, B and C, as well as the top two from groups D and E will qualify for the quarter-finals. The competition will be played at the stadiums of Baraki (Algiers), 19-Mai-1956 (Annaba), Miloud-Hadefi (Oran) and chahid-Hamlaoui (Constantine).
