{"id":42216,"date":"2025-12-31T22:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=42216"},"modified":"2025-12-31T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T21:42:54","slug":"algeria-eyes-third-consecutive-win-against-equatorial-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=42216","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Eyes Third Consecutive Win Against Equatorial Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, December 31, 2025<\/strong> &#8211; The Algerian national football team, <em>Les Verts<\/em>, will face Equatorial Guinea today at 17:00 (local time) in their third and final group stage match of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria is aiming for its third consecutive victory in the tournament, a win that would secure them a perfect nine points in the group stage. However, despite appearing to be a formality, the match against Equatorial Guinea, a team with nothing to lose, will be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be without Samir Cherki, who is sidelined with a thigh injury, and Joann Hadjam, who suffered an ankle sprain. The coaching staff hopes the rest of the team will be in top form to secure victory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Les Verts<\/em> concluded their preparations for the highly anticipated match this evening with a final training session, reportedly in high spirits. The national coach is expected to make changes to the starting lineup, a decision he confirmed yesterday during a press conference, stating that he intends to give opportunities to players who have not yet featured in previous matches.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the continental competition, Algeria has delivered a strong performance. They began their campaign with a resounding 3-0 victory against Sudan and followed it up with a 1-0 win against Burkina Faso. Led by captain Riyad Mahrez, the team has already secured early qualification for the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Algeria is scheduled to face the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 6, 2026, in Rabat, for their Round of 16 match.<\/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>Algiers, December 31, 2025 &#8211; The Algerian national football team, Les Verts, will face Equatorial Guinea today at 17:00 (local time) in their third and final group stage match of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2025.<br \/>\nAlgeria is aiming for its third consecutive vic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42217,"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":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42216","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\/42216","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=42216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42218,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42216\/revisions\/42218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}