{"id":15185,"date":"2025-10-14T19:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=15185"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:27:00","slug":"the-greens-prove-their-worth-for-world-cup-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=15185","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cGreens\u201d Prove Their Worth for World Cup Qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Algerian national football team concluded their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with a deserved victory over Uganda, sealing the match 2\u20131 at the Hussein A\u00eft Ahmed Stadium in Tizi Ouzou on Tuesday evening, in the tenth and final round of qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match started with a setback for Algeria, as Ugandan striker Mukwala scored in the 6th minute, giving the visitors an early lead. However, the \u201cDesert Warriors\u201d showed resilience and determination, overturning the result thanks to two precise penalty kicks from Mohamed Amoura in the 81st minute and during stoppage time at 90+8. With this comeback, the team asserted its right to compete at the 2026 World Cup, marking its fifth appearance in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under coach Petkovic, this victory is crucial not only for qualification but also for increasing Algeria\u2019s points tally, which will boost their FIFA ranking ahead of the draw scheduled for December 5 in Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian national football team concluded their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with a deserved victory over Uganda, sealing the match 2\u20131 at the Hussein A\u00eft Ahmed Stadium in Tizi Ouzou on Tuesday evening, in the tenth and final round of qualifiers. The match started with a setback for Algeria, as Ugandan striker Mukwala scored &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15186,"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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15185","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\/15185","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=15185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15188,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15185\/revisions\/15188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}