{"id":18227,"date":"2025-11-09T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=18227"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:10:08","slug":"bensebaini-ruled-out-of-algerias-november-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=18227","title":{"rendered":"Bensebaini Ruled Out of Algeria&#8217;s November Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, November 9, 2025<\/strong> &#8211; Ramy Bensebaini will miss Algeria&#8217;s upcoming training camp in November, the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has announced. The camp includes friendly matches against Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released today, the FAF confirmed that the Borussia Dortmund defender is suffering from lower back pain. Following consultations between national team coach Vladimir Petkovic, Bensebaini&#8217;s club, and the Algerian national team&#8217;s medical staff, it was decided that Bensebaini would be excused from traveling to Saudi Arabia for the friendly.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;After coordination with Borussia Dortmund and consultation with the national team&#8217;s medical staff, coach Petkovic decided to exempt Bensebaini from traveling to Saudi Arabia,&#8221;<\/em> the FAF statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian national team, known as <em>Les Verts<\/em> (The Greens), are scheduled to play two friendly matches during the November camp, facing Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia. These matches are part of the team&#8217;s preparations for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>Bensebaini&#8217;s absence will be a setback for Petkovic as he looks to finalize his squad for the tournament. The defender is a key player in the Algerian defense and his experience will be missed. However, the coaching staff will use this opportunity to assess other players and ensure the team is well-prepared for AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>The FAF did not provide a specific timeline for Bensebaini&#8217;s return but will continue to monitor his progress and provide updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, November 9, 2025 &#8211; Ramy Bensebaini will miss Algeria&#8217;s upcoming training camp in November, the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has announced. The camp includes friendly matches against Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released today, the FAF confirmed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18228,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18227","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=18227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18229,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18227\/revisions\/18229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}