Algerian international since October 14, after opting for the sporting nationality of his father Zinédine’s country of origin, Luca Zidane will experience two great adventures in the coming months. The Algerian team is one of the big favorites for the 2025 African Cup of Nations organized in Morocco (December 21-January 18), then will prepare its return to the World Cup for the 2026 edition in North America!
Can Luca Zidane be number 1 for the Greens in these two tournaments? It is largely possible. For the moment, the Granada goalkeeper (Liga 2), who is one of the best in his position in
segunda divisionis the new understudy of Alexis Guendouz, the holder of Vladimir Petkovic since the sidelining of Anthony Mandrea (who decided to stay at SM Caen in National).
Affected in the adductors, Luca Zidane had to withdraw from Algeria’s two friendly matches against Zimbabwe last Thursday and Saudi Arabia this Tuesday in Jeddah. He took the opportunity to visit the great mosque of Mecca. He was unable to shine more in the Fennecs jersey, except that Guendouz showed excitement during the clash against the Saudis, concluded with a 2-0 victory.
Luca Zidane has a strong asset
Alexis Guendouz did not concede any goals against Hervé Renard’s team, but his kicking game derailed many followers of the game. “Alexis Guendouz’s footwork is problematic. Every dry cleaning puts us in difficulty”thus launched JDZ Football during the game, while the kicking game of Zidane, trained at Real Madrid, was rightly praised last month. After the opening score from a penalty from Riyad Mahrez (75th), Guendouz made a point-blank save and the Greens doubled the lead straight away thanks to Rafik Belghali (85th).
The situation therefore seems worrying regarding the goalkeeper position in the Algerian selection, one month before the CAN (first match against Sudan on December 24). A priori, Guendouz, trained at AS Saint-Etienne and who now plays at MC Alger, will start. Vladimir Petkovic cannot turn everything upside down at once. A change of number 1 goalkeeper in favor of Luca Zidane would cause quite a tidal wave in the group led by Aïssa Mandi.
