{"id":44097,"date":"2026-01-06T22:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=44097"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:01:10","slug":"algeria-advances-to-afcon-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=44097","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Advances to AFCON Quarter-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> The Algerian national team, <em>Les Verts<\/em>, have secured their place in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after a hard-fought victory against the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Desert Foxes triumphed with a 1-0 win in a thrilling round of 16 encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The decisive goal came late in the game, courtesy of substitute Boulbine. Algeria displayed a structured and tactically disciplined performance under coach Petkovic, controlling the flow of the match and capitalizing on a crucial opportunity to take the lead and ultimately secure qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Despite persistent attempts from DR Congo to equalize, the Algerian defense, led by a vigilant goalkeeper Zidan, remained resolute, denying their opponents any chance to alter the scoreline. This victory underscores Algeria&#8217;s ambition to contend for the AFCON title, particularly after their balanced and determined showing in the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>This win has ignited the hopes of Algerian fans, who are now dreaming of seeing their team progress even further in the tournament. The road ahead won&#8217;t be easy, as Algeria is now set to face Nigeria in the quarter-finals. This promises to be another challenging match as the Desert Foxes continue their quest for African glory.<\/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>DZWatch Exclusive: The Algerian national team, Les Verts, have secured their place in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after a hard-fought victory against the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Desert Foxes triumphed with a 1-0 win in a thrilling round&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44098,"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":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44097","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\/44097","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=44097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44099,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44097\/revisions\/44099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}