Transferred from Granada to Leganés, still in Liga 2, but for a return to Madrid, the city in which he grew up, Luca Zidane will be able to perfect his automatisms with his teammates during the international window which begins next Monday. The son of “Zizou” will be exempt from the next gathering of the Algeria team, as indicated by La Gazette du Fennec. The 28-year-old goalkeeper received a two-match suspension from CAF after starting a big general altercation at the final whistle of the quarter-final of the last African Cup of Nations against Nigeria, on January 10 in Marrakech.
The Greens are playing two qualifying matches for the next CAN against Zambia and Burundi, on September 25 and 29, but also a friendly match against Niger on October 6 in Tizi Ouzou (in the den of JS Kabylie). Luca Zidane will instead stay in Spain instead of accompanying his Algerian teammates without playing the first two matches. Melvin Mastil, who plays for Lausanne-Sport, will have the opportunity to join the starting lineup.
Without Luca Zidane or Houssem Aouar?
It is this Thursday afternoon (3 p.m.) that Brahim Hemdani will unveil his very first list. After the ouster of Vladimir Petkovic, although extended before the World Cup, the FAF was not able to hire a renowned coach as it hoped, with Spanish and Portuguese technicians or even Eric Chelle and Gustavo Poyet in the sights.
While Algeria has lost its captain Ryad Mahrez and its defensive rock Aïssa Mandi, now retired from the selection, Houssem Aouar and Ramiz Zerrouki could be the first players removed, as indicated by the local media
Competition. Himad Abdelli, starter with OM since the start of the season, will make his return after missing the World Cup. Ibrahim Maza is uncertain, but the team’s other offensive leaders Anis Hadj Moussa, Mohamed Amoura and Amine Gouiri will be there, unlike Baghdad Bounedjah, 34-year-old CAN 2019 hero.
