Algeria, who won the second African Cup in 2019, debuted in the current edition of the tournament with a draw against Angola (1-1) at the Bouaké municipal stadium (Ivory Coast). The match opened Group D and tomorrow Mauritania and Burkina Faso will complete the first day.
algeria, champion in 1990 and 2019, He opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a beautiful shot from outside the Baghdad Bounedjah, but were surprised by theoretically inferior Angola, two-time quarterfinalists in 2008 and 2010, who equalized in the 68th minute thanks to a penalty taken by Nabil Bentaleb and replaced by replacement It’s messy.
Still without a win since the title
Algeria has not won a match in the final stage of the African Cup since it was champion in 2019 because in the last edition, in 2021, it did not advance to the first stage by achieving one draw and two defeats in three matches in group.
Algeria clearly dominated the first half and the coach’s decision Djamel Belmadi to put Bounedjah at the forefront of the attack, instead of Islam Slimani, top scorer in history of the Algerian team, yielded 1-0.
Bounedjah almost doubled the lead with an acrobatic overhead kick, but the goal was disallowed for offside (25′).
Angolan penalty kick protests
In the second half Angola showed a completely different image and their improvement led to the punishment caused and changed by Mabululu, although his first shot hit the crossbar and ended up crossing the line due to rival protests. This was almost the only real chance for the ‘black levers’ in the entire match.
Algeria, included Riyad Mahrez In their ranks, they tried to turn the score in their favor with a quick attack but they could not change the final 1-1 score.
Source: La Verdad
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