u/kabyle1993

Congratulations to the women's team for completing two historic achievements! They not only medaled for the first time at a WAFCON but also secured a debut at the Women's World Cup.

Overall it was a very spirited effort with some talented players. Credit to Benstiti for bringing the squad together and hopefully he can continue to build on the progress to get them into the knockouts next year.

I was impressed by N'Ghazi, Belloumou, Boussaha, and Khiri. Who were your standouts?

Algeria XI: N'Gazi,Ouraghi, Khezami, Belloumou, Belkhiter, Dafeur, Braham, Bethi, Bendri, Khiri, Adjabi

Streams: YouTube

With Petkovic gone, sentiments are starting to feel better around the NT. But what actions or next steps would you need to feel even more excited for the next World Cup cycle?

I think one of the most surreal parts of the Switzerland game is that Petkovic literally lined up our most error prone starting XI.

Thinking about who was left on the bench (not including injured players), I'm almost convinced they could've gotten a result against Switzerland.

If we kept only Maza in the XI, this team I think at least finishes the half tied or in the lead.

Boulbina - Gouiri - Hadj Moussa

Titraoui - Maza - Boudaoui

Hadjam - Belaid - Abada - Chergui

What's even worse is that nearly every player in the above Starting XI could have benefited from the WC visibility in terms of potential transfers.

Instead, absolutely wasted this world cup on players with almost no upward mobility potential.

The shadow of our past mistakes coming back to haunt us (2) - Algeria (0)

Score: Algeria (0) - Switzerland (0)

Starting XI: Zidane, Ait Nouri, Bensebaini, Mandi, Belghali, Aouar, Bentaleb, Zerrouki, Maza, Mahrez, Chaibi

Date: 7/3/2026

Time: 5:00AM ALG / 11:00PM EST (7/2)

Team news: Amoura injured

Score: Algeria (1) - Austria (1)

Starting XI: Benbot, Hadjam, Bensebaini, Mandi, Belghali, Aouar, Bentaleb, Maza, Mahrez, Gouiri, Chaibi

Score: Algeria (2) - Jordan (1)

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Starting XI: Zidane, Ait Nouri, Bensebaini, Mandi, Belghali, Maza, Zerrouki, Boudaoui, Chaibi, Gouiri, Mahrez

Country	Points	Goal Differential
Argentina	3	+3
Austria	3	+2
Jordan	0	-2
Algeria	0	-3

Algeria Chances to Qualify for Round of 32

• Win + Draw effectively gets you through to the next round
• Win (by +3 or more) + Loss (-1 max)
• Win + Win is guaranteed qualification

Score: Algeria (0) - Argentina (3)

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Starting XI: Zidane, Ait Nouri, Bensebaini, Mandi, Belghali, Maza, Bentaleb, Boudaoui, Chaibi, Gouiri, Hadj Moussa

Date: 6/17/2026

Time: 3:00AM ALG / 9:00PM EST (6/16)

Team news: Bensebaini doubtful

Score: Algeria (4) - Bolivia (0)

• Mandi Goal (44')
• Gouiri (55', 59')
• Hadj Moussa (61')

Starting XI: Benbot, Chergui, Mandi, Abada, Ait Nouri, Boudaoui, Bentaleb, Maza, Mahrez, Benbouali, Amoura

• Substitutes at half - Mastil, Belghali, Belaid, Tougai, Hadjam, Chaibi, Zerrouki, Aouar, Hadj Moussa, Gouiri, Boulbina

Where to watch: El Heddaf (credit to u/dzfooty for finding the stream)

Date: 6/11/2026

Time: 3:00AM ALG / 9:00PM EST (6/10)

Team news: All players should be available

Where to watch: May not be aired, but ENTV may stream footage of the game

Full Time Score: Algeria (1) - Netherlands (0)

Goal Scorer: Hadj Moussa (86')

Starting XI (subs): Zidane, Abada (Belghali), Mandi (Tougai), Belaid, Ait Nouri (Hadjam), Zerrouki (Chaibi), Bentaleb, Mahrez (Hadj Moussa), Aouar (Maza), Amoura (Boulbina), Gouiri (Benbouali)

Starting XI: Zidane, Abada (Belghali), Mandi (Tougai), Belaid, Ait Nouri (Hadjam), Zerrouki (Chaibi), Bentaleb, Mahrez (Hadj Moussa), Aouar (Maza), Amoura, Gouiri

Where to watch: ENTV, L'Equipe

Date: 6/3/2026

Time: 7:45PM ALG / 2:45PM EST

Team news: Zidane and Boudaoui will likely not feature for the game due to injury

Where to watch: ENTV, L'Equipe

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