In an interview granted to the French newspaper, Le Figaro, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, answered the journalist’s question about the possible holding of a friendly match between the Algerian football team and the ‘French team.
Indeed, President Tebboune was in favor of a friendly match between Algeria and France. “Of course I want this game to happen. It could be held in Algeria, Algiers, Oran or elsewhere. said President Tebboune.
The last match between the two teams was in 2001 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. A match that never ended following the invasion of the field that took place.
Thus, while the French team was leading 4-1 against the Algerian team whose offensive assets were Abdelhafid Tasfaout and the flamboyant free kick scorer, Djamel Belmadi, some of the 80,000 spectators came to the field in invading him in the 77th minute.
The central referee of the meeting, Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa, was forced to whistle the end of this match rather than expected.
In view of a friendly match between the Algerian football team and the France team, the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said, “Be careful, I will never accept that we whistle a national anthem . Football transcends everything. we read in the columns of the French newspaper, Le Figaro.
2022 World Cup: President Tebboune looks back on the performance of the Moroccan team
Continuing with the sports news, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, answered the question of the journalist from Figaro appalling the performance of the Moroccan team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, “Moroccans have honored Arab football and especially Maghreb football. They also applauded us when we won the African Cup of Nations. We also applauded them after their good performance in the World Cup. says President Tebboune.
Indeed, after a first place in the group stage against all odds, the Moroccan team rose to the second round of the Qatari World Cup in 2022.
A trick that the players of Moroccan coach Walid Regragui overcame following their victory over the Spanish team on penalties.
In the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, the Atlas Lions faced the Portugal team. A match that ended in victory for the Moroccans with a score of 1-0.
Securing a 4th place minimum for what was a first for African football in the final phase of the World Cup, the Moroccan team lost to the future finalist of the competition, the French team, on the score of 2-0.
In the small final, the Moroccan team could not get rid of a revengeful Croatian team and still granted themselves a symbolic 4th place in the 2022 World Cup rankings.
