Algeria national football team coach, Vladimir Petkovic, said that he is happy with the way he concluded his first camp with the “Greens,” explaining, on the other hand, that his team is required to correct some mistakes before playing the next official matches, starting next June.
From 18 to 26 March of this month, Petkovic led his first camp with the Algerian national football team, since his appointment as head of the technical staff of the “Desert Warriors” team on the 3rd of this month, succeeding Djamel Belmadi, who was let go after his early exit from the team. The National Football Team in the finals of the African Cup of Nations “Cannes 2023”.
This camp included playing two matches against my national team Bolivia AndSouth AfricanA, drawing the Algeria International Tournament “FIFA Serie 2024”, where it won the first (3-2) and tied in the second (3-3).
Petkovic stated, V Press conference Which followed the confrontation with South Africa, yesterday evening, Tuesday, at the “Nelson Mandela” Stadium in Baraki: “I am very happy with the way the camp concluded. Some players were injured, but the squad showed its full readiness. We made some mistakes during this camp that we should not have made in June.
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Next June, the Algerian national team will host its Guinean counterpart, then travel to the home of the Ugandan national team, for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The national voter continued, explaining: “We must analyze and evaluate the camp, which remains very important to me. We will study the results in order to search and discover new players with the aim of strengthening the national squad. We conceded 5 goals in two matches after defensive errors and a lack of concentration. We are aware of this and will work to correct these errors.”
Speaking about yesterday’s match, Petkovic added: “South Africa is a good and complete team in the group. We have learned many lessons from this meeting. From the beginning, I knew that the national team’s attack included many techniques. The work we worked on was focused on providing balance to this group. “In terms of defence, we have to work more.”
Petkovic continued: “The most important thing for us is the way we play on the field, as I do not pay much attention to the way the opponent plays.”
Petkovic praises Ben Zia
Regarding the list of players, Petkovic said: “A lot of options and I am sorry that we were not able to give everyone the opportunity to participate.” It will be difficult to choose the list of 23 in June due to the presence of many players. Regarding the players Gaitan and Plumi, I know that they did not play in this tournament because I simply made different choices.”
In this context, Petkovic said: “Players must work hard in their clubs and must realize that they can play in the national team in positions other than those in which they are active. All the players wanted to prove to me that they deserved their place in the team. As for Amora, his exit was due to an injury, and I hope it is not serious.”
He praised Vladimir On the performance of Ben Zia, who won the double, he said about him: “He played a wonderful match and concluded it with a beautiful goal, which he will certainly remember for a long time. He exchanged positions on the field with his colleague Brahimi, and I did not expect this level from both players. Finally, as for the two goalkeepers, they showed a good level during this camp and we will analyze their performance in order to make the best choice.”
Algeria was crowned the symbolic champion of this tournament, which was created this year by FIFA. With 4 points, ahead of Bolivia (3 points) and South Africa (2 points). Andorra With one point.
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