The Algerian nationwide group, nicknamed the Fennecs, commenced their preparatory marketing campaign for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a convincing and disciplined 3–1 victory towards Zimbabwe in a world pleasant match held in Jeddah on Thursday.
The outcome supplies a powerful basis for Coach Vladimir Petković’s squad as they fine-tune their ways forward of the continental showpiece in Morocco.
Algeria asserted quick management, leveraging a dominant first-half efficiency to successfully resolve the competition. The scoring was initiated within the 14th minute: Mohamed Amoura supplied a exact help, which was clinically transformed on the close to publish by veteran striker Bagdad Bounedjah (1–0).
The roles have been reversed within the fortieth minute when Bounedjah turned supplier, organising Amoura to cap an outstanding, fluid group motion that doubled the lead (2–0). Simply moments earlier than the interval, Jaouen Hadjam additional prolonged Algeria’s benefit, sealing the dominant half with a exact strike within the forty fifth minute of stoppage time (3–0).
The depth waned significantly within the second half as either side utilized substitutions to evaluate their personnel. Zimbabwe managed to register a comfort objective from the penalty spot within the 88th minute, however this late strike did little to change the end result.
The efficiency was a testomony to the Fennecs’ present kind underneath Petković, demonstrating the required confidence, defensive organisation, and attacking fluidity required for achievement within the upcoming AFCON match. Algeria continues its Saudi Arabian coaching camp with a subsequent pleasant match towards the host nation.
