Soon a France-Algeria?

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Three and a half years after its nightmare dam of the 2022 World Cup against Cameroon (0-1, 1-2 AP), Algeria is the right end to qualify at the World Cup 26. The Greens led by Vladimir Petkovic are closer to the qualification recorded in eliminations in the Africa zone, despite a zero result against Guinea (0-0) Mozambique (2-0 winner of Botswana).

The Algerians finish their qualifying campaign against Somalia and Uganda and a victory will offer them the famous sesame for the FIFA tournament organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico in ten months.

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Riyad Mahrez and his teammates would then be a team to avoid for the French team during the draw for the World Cup on December 5. In the event of qualification, the Blues Vice-Champions of the World will be one of the 12 heads of series and will therefore avoid all the major world selections. But coming across an African team would not be a gift, far from it.

Algeria, the big piece of hat 3!

Morocco, already qualified, will appear in hat 2, just like Senegal in the event of qualifying, while Algeria, which has a less good FIFA ranking than the Atlas Lions, will be the scarecrow of hat 3! As a reminder, France will not be able to face two African countries in the first round. In this third hat, inheriting Costa Rica, Qatar, Uzbekistan or South Africa would be much easier to approach …

For Algeria, challenging Kylian Mbappé and his teammates would obviously be very particular. First of all in a historic basis, France having obviously occupied the Maghreb country for 130 years. Footballistically, most major players from Fennecs come from France. Some have even played in the tricolor selection, such as Nabil Bentaleb (up to U19), Houssem Aouar (up to A), Yassine Benzia (up to Espoirs) and Amine Gouiri (up to Espoirs).

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