This is the biggest challenge for the coach of Algeria in the year 2025 – the new Algeria

It has been 9 months since Vladimir Petkovic took over as technical director of the Algerian national football team, and several challenges await him in the new year 2025, which he will strive to achieve in order to win the love of the supporters of the “Desert Warriors” squad.

Perhaps the biggest challenge awaiting Swiss coach Petkovic, in the year 2025, is to lead the Algerian national football team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals, scheduled for the summer of next year 2026, in the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.

Algeria has not qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals since the 2014 tournament in Brazil, and failed to obtain a visa to participate in the 2018 tournament in Russia and the 2022 tournament in Qatar. A wide segment of sports fans still have not digested, until now, the way in which the “Greens” lost their qualification ticket to the final tournament, which took place in the Gulf country.

Therefore, the most valuable gift that Petkovic may offer to the fans of the national football team is a ticket to participate in the 2026 World Cup. This passes through the “Greens” topping their group, upon the end of the tournament. African qualifiers In October 2025.

After 4 rounds of African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Algeria occupies first place in Group Seven, with 9 points. Petkovic and his men will face an almost decisive turning point next March. They will face two teams considered their direct competitors, to win the precious visa. This concerns the Botswana national team, which ranks third with a total of 6 points. The “Greens” team will be its guest. And the Mozambique national team, which has the same score as the national team (9 points). He will travel to Algeria to play the sixth round match on March 24.

The Algerian national team may decide on the visa prematurely

Things will become clearer regarding the fate of the Algerian national team in the World Cup qualifiers in September. This is when he receives his Botswana counterpart, before he departs to the homeland of another dangerous competitor. He is elected Guineawhich currently ranks third with 6 points. Which had defeated the “Desert Warriors” in their homes, last June. This was in Petkovic’s first official match at the helm of the “Greens” team (1-2).

Fans of the Algerian national team hope that the qualification visa will be decided in favor of their team, before the ninth and tenth (last) rounds. The two programs are scheduled for the month of October, against both Somalia away from home and Ugandain Algeria.

It is worth noting that Petkovich was appointed head of… Technical staff For the Algerian national team, in March 2024, succeeding Djamel In the past . This happened after the early exclusion of Riyad Mahrez And his teammates in the Africa Cup of Nations finals, which took place early last year in Côte d’Ivoire.