FIFA announced the postponement of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers for Africa this Thursday. The Algeria – Djibouti match, which was to be held on June 5 in Blida as part of these qualifiers, will probably take place in the fall.
In the absence of a resumption of official competition, Algeria will play friendly matches, against three African teams, in order to prepare for the next deadlines which await the Greens, according to a press release from the FAF published this Saturday, May 8.
The first meeting is scheduled for June 3 at the Tchaker stadium in Blida against Mauritania, the second is scheduled for June 6 against Mali on the same pitch and the third will take place on June 11 at the Rades stadium in Tunis against Tunisia.
Preparation for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers
“All these matches are part of the national team’s preparation program for the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the kickoff of which has been postponed from June to next September with two outings taking place. , the first at home against Djibouti, and the second away against Burkina Faso, ”explained the FAF on Saturday on its website.
These three meetings will also allow the national coach to reconnect with his group, which he left after the last game of the CAN 2021 qualifiers (postponed to 2022) against Botswana in Blida (5-0).
Before and after the course of this meeting, crazy rumors circulated on the resignation of Djamel Belmadi, who publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the conditions of the elections of the new president of the FAF, Thursday, April 15.
“ If there is resignation, it is he who will announce it clearly, his frankness has no limits. All I can say is he’s angry. I cannot go any further out of respect for the body, my function, and the man, but I can say that he went through a period of anger”, replied Salah Eddine Abboud, communication officer of the FAF.
