Petkovic is inspired by Real Madrid’s plans to correct the mistakes of the “Greens” – New Algeria

Vladimir Petkovic, coach of the Algerian national football team, is focused on correcting his team’s mistakes, in anticipation of the upcoming official dates, taking inspiration in his work from the plans of the European champion, the Spanish club Real Madrid.

The training of the national football team at the National Technical Center of Sidi Moussa witnessed intense tactical work from the “Greens” coach, Vladimir Petkovic, in order to correct the mistakes that appeared in the friendlies of Bolivia and South Africa that took place last March.

In those two friendly matches, the Algerian national team had conceded 5 total goals, most of them due to serious defensive errors, which prompted the national vote, Vladimir Petkovic, to publicly acknowledge the modest performance of the “Greens” defensive line, while promising to work to find solutions to the team’s defensive problems during the preparation period for the two official matches. The next two.

The Algerian national team is located in Preparatory camp At the Sidi Moussa Centre, since last Saturday, in anticipation of playing two semi-decisive matches in its journey towards the 2026 World Cup finals, where it will face in the first match a national team. GuineaNext Thursday, at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki, the second will be against its host, Muntakhab uganda, On June 10th in Kampala.

According to what was reported by the website,winwin“The Qatari coach, today, Tuesday, said that coach Petkovic “worked with the players on how to remove the ball in a sound and smooth manner from the defense line.” This is after the mistakes made in passing during the two friendlies in March, against Bolivia (3-2) and South Africa (3-3).

He pointed out that the Swiss coach “tried many solutions in the defense line, and also stressed the need to quickly bounce back between the defensive and offensive situations in order to exploit the spaces that the opponent may leave.”

Petkovic focused on the defensive roles of each player

The same Qatari sports website explained that Petkovic insisted in his conversation with his players on the need for each of them to adhere to their defensive roles. This is done by working collectively to recover the ball very quickly after losing it, which would tighten the pressure on the opponent and prevent him from building the game freely, as happened in the matches between Bolivia and South Africa, when Mandy’s teammates suffered at some stages from major defensive problems.

The website pointed out that many observers believe that the tactical ideas of Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic are very close to the philosophy and style of the Spanish club Real Madrid, under the supervision of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, which has contributed to the royal club’s achievements this season, such as winning two Spanish league titles. And the European Football Champions League.

It is worth noting that Algeria tops the standings of the seventh qualifying group, with 6 points, 3 points behind the teams of Botswana, Guinea, Uganda and Mozambique, while Somalia is at the bottom of the standings, with no score.