{"id":23171,"date":"2025-11-18T21:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=23171"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:12:23","slug":"algeria-dominates-saudi-arabia-in-friendly-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=23171","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Dominates Saudi Arabia in Friendly Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian national football team secured a decisive 2-0 victory against Saudi Arabia in a friendly match held today at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah. The Desert Foxes displayed a strong performance, ultimately overpowering their Saudi counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Algiers<\/em> &#8211; In a highly anticipated friendly match, the Algerian national team demonstrated their prowess on the field, defeating Saudi Arabia with a clean sheet. The match, played in Jeddah, saw Algeria control much of the play, culminating in two well-deserved goals.<\/p>\n<p>The first breakthrough came in the 75th minute when <strong>Riyad Mahrez<\/strong>, the star of the Algerian squad, converted a penalty kick, sending the ball past the Saudi goalkeeper. The goal injected further energy into the Algerian side, solidifying their lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes later, <strong>Rafik Belghali<\/strong> extended Algeria&#8217;s advantage with a brilliant individual effort. After receiving the ball from <strong>Hadj Moussa<\/strong>, Belghali skillfully maneuvered through the Saudi defense before slotting the ball into the net, making it 2-0. The goal sealed the victory for Algeria, marking a successful outing for the team.<\/p>\n<p>This victory marks Algeria&#8217;s second consecutive win, following their 3-1 triumph over Zimbabwe just five days prior. The team, led by players like <strong>Bounedjah<\/strong>, is showing great form and building momentum. This friendly match served as valuable preparation for upcoming competitions and provided an opportunity for the coach to assess the team&#8217;s dynamics and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian team&#8217;s solid defense and clinical finishing were key to their success in this match, proving that they are a force to be reckoned with. The victory will undoubtedly boost the team&#8217;s confidence as they continue their preparations for future challenges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports 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>The Algerian national football team secured a decisive 2-0 victory against Saudi Arabia in a friendly match held today at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah. The Desert Foxes displayed a strong performance, ultimately overpowering their Saudi counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Algiers &#8211; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23172,"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":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23171","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\/23171","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=23171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23173,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23171\/revisions\/23173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}