The Algerian national team is preparing to enter a preparatory reunion at the end of the current month of March, and which will be interrupted by two official matches against Zambia in Lusaka and Botswana in Algeria on behalf of the last two days of the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations 2022. A competition for which the Greens are already qualified by dominating group H.
According to our sources close to the national team, this internship risks being confronted with several hazards, thereby upsetting the plans of the national coach, Djamel Belmadi. Among these hazards, we can cite the very probable defection of Captain Riyad Mahrez.
The same sources say that at the level of the national technical staff we are won by the doubts concerning the participation of Riyad Mahrez, as well as that of his compatriot striker of West Ham United, Saïd Benrahma. And for good reason, the spread in England of the British strain of the coronavirus risks preventing them from obtaining the approval of the Algerian authorities to return to the country.
Algerian authorities had already banned South African clubs Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates from playing in Algeria against CR Belouizdad and ES Sétif in African competitions, due to the spread of the mutated Corona virus in South Africa . This decision was taken in application of the recommendations of the scientific committee monitoring the pandemic in Algeria.
The Algerian national under-17 team have also been deprived of the services of young Queens Park Rangers club player Adam Waghi and other England players due to the new strain of the virus. A deal that pushed the U17 national coach to do without the services of the players concerned during the African Nations Championship in the category which will begin next week in Morocco.
Hakim S.
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