Written by: Hani Abdel Nabi Thursday, November 16, 2023 06:00 AM
He begins Algeria national team His journey in the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup finals, which will be held in partnership in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, will face his Somali counterpart in the match that will be held at six o’clock in the evening today, Thursday, Cairo time, at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki in the first round of Group Seven competitions.
Algeria against Somalia
The Algerian national team is looking for a strong start at the beginning of its campaign in the qualifiers to begin its campaign to top Group Seven, armed with the ground and the audience, which will be present in large numbers to attend and support the Greens in the upcoming confrontation.
The seventh group in the African qualifiers for the World Cup finals includes: “Algeria, Botswana, Guinea, Mozambique, Somalia, and Uganda.”
Somali player escapes
Reports revealed that one of the Somali national team players, who was conducting a preparatory camp in Tunisia before facing the Algerian national team in the opening qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, escaped on a boat heading towards Italy.
The Somali press said that the player who escaped in what was called the “Boats of Death” was playing in the center of defense without revealing his name.
Nine teams will qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup, after the number of teams was increased in the new tournament system, which will include 48 teams instead of 32 in previous editions of the World Cup.
From the qualifiers, 9 teams will qualify directly to the World Cup, and they are the leaders in all groups, provided that 4 teams with the best seconds in each group will qualify for the playoff, where two teams will face off in the semi-finals and then the final, so that an additional team from the African continent qualifies for the global playoff, in addition to The 9 teams that qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup.
The number of participants from Africa may reach 10 teams, as an African team will participate in the global playoff in which teams from Asia, South America, and other continents will participate.
2023-11-16 04:00:00
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