Even if it has not yet validated its ticket for the play-offs of these qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Algeria remains the most formidable team on the continent.
With 23 goals scored in 5 games or an average of 4.6 goals per game, Algeria is by far the best attack in the playoffs. And his striker Islam Slimani leads the ranking of the best fireworks with 7 achievements, ahead of Malian Ibrahima Koné (5 goals).
With 32 games without the slightest defeat in all competitions, since 2018, Algeria’s version of Djamel Belmadi, is undoubtedly the best in history, in terms of performance and records. During these 5 days of the World Cup qualifiers, the Algerian selection scored 23 goals against only 2 conceded. She is quite simply the best offense of the playoffs, averaging 4.6 goals per game. No team has done better, whether Morocco (14 goals), Senegal (13 goals), Mali (10 goals), or Tunisia (8 goals).
Algeria has started this campaign, spraying home Djibouti (8-0, 1 st j.) Before being held to a draw by Burkina Faso (1-1, 2nd d.) To Marrakech). But Riyad Mahrez and his teammates will unfold again before the Niger (6-1, 3) in Blida, then 4-0 in Niamey, on the 4th day. The Fennecs will follow up with a new crushing victory in front of Djibouti (4-0), at the national stadium in Cairo in Egypt, on behalf of the 5th and penultimate day. The icing on the cake, Algerian striker Islam Slimani leads the ranking of the best fireworks with 7 achievements, ahead of Malian Ibrahima Koné (5 goals).
At the head of group A with 13 points and in favorable waivers, Algeria will receive Burkina Faso (2nd, 11 pts), for the only qualifying ticket for the play-offs, on Tuesday, November 16 (4:00 p.m. GMT). A remake of the Brazil 2014 World Cup play-offs. If Algeria has great players and talented coach, the country faces a problem of sports infrastructure. The match on Friday, November 8, which saw the Algerian Fennecs win widely against Niger (6-1), was the opportunity for the Algerian players to criticize the state of the catastrophic lawn of the Blida stadium.
“You should know that this evening, the ground was very damaged. He was almost unplayable. In some places, there is only sand. On TV, you can’t see it. On these surfaces, the opponent has the advantage. I do not understand that after everything we have done we find ourselves playing on such a lawn. We are African champions anyway, ”denounced the captain of the Algerian national team, Riyad Mahrez.
