{"id":14765,"date":"2025-10-07T10:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=14765"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:35:30","slug":"palestinian-national-team-arrives-in-algeria-for-friendly-matches-against-local-algerian-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=14765","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian National Team Arrives in Algeria for Friendly Matches Against Local Algerian Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Palestinian national football team arrived in <a href=\"http:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">Algeria <\/a>on Monday morning to prepare for two friendly matches against the Algerian local team, scheduled for October 9 and 13 in Annaba. These matches serve as preparations for the <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA <\/a>Arab Cup 2025, set to take place in Qatar from December 1 to 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Algerian team, coached by Majid Bougherra, began a closed training camp in Annaba on Monday, which will continue until October 14, 2025. The first friendly match is set for October 9 at 8:30 PM at the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba, with the second match scheduled for October 13 at 6:00 PM in the same venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tournament draw, Algeria, the winner of the first edition of the FIFA Arab Cup, was placed in Group D alongside Iraq and the winners of the playoff matches between Bahrain and Djibouti, and Lebanon and Sudan. The Palestinian team will face Libya in a playoff match in Doha in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stages, including quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This friendly series not only reinforces sporting ties in the region but also reflects Algeria&#8217;s solidarity with Palestine, emphasizing the Algerian regime\u2019s commitment to supporting the Palestinian cause amidst regional challenges, including the ongoing opposition to Moroccan policies in Western Sahara .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palestinian national football team arrived in Algeria on Monday morning to prepare for two friendly matches against the Algerian local team, scheduled for October 9 and 13 in Annaba. These matches serve as preparations for the FIFA Arab Cup 2025, set to take place in Qatar from December 1 to 18. The Algerian team, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14767,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions\/14767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}