{"id":29327,"date":"2025-11-30T23:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=29327"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:12:57","slug":"adam-ounas-boosts-teammates-morale-ahead-of-arab-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=29327","title":{"rendered":"Adam Ounas Boosts Teammates&#8217; Morale Ahead of Arab Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DOHA, Qatar<\/strong> &#8211; Algerian international Adam Ounas has expressed strong optimism regarding the national team&#8217;s performance in the upcoming FIFA Arab Cup 2025. The tournament, set to commence on Monday in Qatar, will feature 16 nations, including Algeria, the reigning champions.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian squad, under the guidance of coach Madjid Bougherra, who led them to victory in the 2021 edition held in Doha, aims to replicate their past success. Bougherra&#8217;s previous triumph remains a significant moment in Algerian football history.<\/p>\n<p>Following a training session held Saturday evening in the Qatari capital, Ounas conveyed to the Algerian Football Federation&#8217;s channel that the atmosphere within the team is excellent. &#8220;The pitch is perfect, and the players are in good condition,&#8221; he stated. He further noted the comfortable conditions during their initial session and expressed his hope for the team&#8217;s continued success throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The winger emphasized the strong potential within the current squad, highlighting the competition as an opportunity for players to showcase their abilities. <\/p>\n<p>Algeria&#8217;s schedule begins on Wednesday at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium against Sudan, in a Group D match that also includes Iraq and Bahrain. The second group stage match against Bahrain is scheduled for Saturday, December 6th, at the Khalifa International Stadium at 2:30 PM. They will conclude the group stage against Iraq on Tuesday, December 9th, at the same venue at 6:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals in a knockout format.<\/p>\n<p>Bougherra&#8217;s squad features several experienced players who have previously represented the senior national team, including Yacine Benzia (Al-Fayha), Youcef Atal (Al Sadd), Adam Ounas (Al-Sailiya), and Mohamed Amine Tougai (Esperance Tunis). The team also includes Yacine Brahimi, star of Al-Gharafa, who will miss the opening match due to a minor injury. Veteran striker Islam Slimani, the national team&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer, is also set to make a return.<\/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>DOHA, Qatar &#8211; Algerian international Adam Ounas has expressed strong optimism regarding the national team&#8217;s performance in the upcoming FIFA Arab Cup 2025. The tournament, set to commence on Monday in Qatar, will feature 16 nations, including Algeria, the reigning champions.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29328,"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":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29327","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\/29327","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=29327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29329,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29327\/revisions\/29329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}