{"id":43684,"date":"2026-01-05T16:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43684"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:01:40","slug":"petkovic-congo-clash-tough-but-we-have-what-it-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43684","title":{"rendered":"Petkovic: Congo Clash Tough, But We Have What It Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALGIERS &#8211;<\/strong> National team coach Vladimir Petkovic has acknowledged the difficulty of the upcoming match against DR Congo in the round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference today, alongside player Ismael Bennacer, Petkovic emphasized the team&#8217;s readiness to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. &#8220;We have a knockout match; we need to win it because we want to stay in this tournament,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Petkovic elaborated on the challenge posed by their opponents. &#8220;We will face a team that possesses many qualities. However, we also possess all the necessary attributes to continue our journey in this competition,&#8221; he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The coach&#8217;s remarks highlight the team&#8217;s awareness of the stakes and their confidence in their ability to overcome a formidable opponent. The Algeria squad is determined to progress further in the tournament and is prepared to battle for every victory.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to provide comprehensive coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations, bringing you the latest updates and analysis as Algeria strives for success.<\/em><\/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 &#8211; National team coach Vladimir Petkovic has acknowledged the difficulty of the upcoming match against DR Congo in the round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.Speaking at a press conference today, alongside player Ismael Bennacer, Petkovic emphasized the team&#8217;s rea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43685,"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":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43684","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\/43684","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=43684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43687,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43684\/revisions\/43687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}