{"id":45031,"date":"2026-01-09T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=45031"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:01:57","slug":"fennecs-travel-to-marrakech-for-afcon-quarter-final-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=45031","title":{"rendered":"Fennecs Travel to Marrakech for AFCON Quarter-Final Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Marrakech, Morocco<\/strong> \u2013 The Algerian national team, the Fennecs, are en route to Marrakech today, ahead of their highly anticipated quarter-final match against Nigeria in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The squad departed Rabat earlier this morning for a short 50-minute flight to the Moroccan city.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, at 17:00 local time, and will be played at the iconic Marrakech Grand Stadium. This quarter-final fixture is considered one of the tournament&#8217;s highlights, pitting two of Africa&#8217;s footballing powerhouses against each other.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian team will be lodging at the Sofitel hotel in Marrakech. Should they secure a victory and advance to the semi-finals, the Fennecs will immediately return to Rabat to continue their preparations. However, in the event of elimination, the team will travel directly back to Algeria on a chartered flight.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s schedule includes a press conference featuring national team coach Vladimir Petkovic and team captain Riyad Mahrez. The press conference is scheduled for 13:00 at the stadium&#8217;s press conference room.<\/p>\n<p>Later this evening, the team will hold their final training session at 17:00 on the stadium&#8217;s training pitch. Coach Petkovic and his staff will be using this session to finalize their tactical and technical preparations for the showdown against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><em>Algerian fans are eagerly anticipating a strong performance from the Fennecs<\/em>, hoping they can continue their successful run in the tournament and secure a positive result that keeps their hopes of winning the African title alive.<\/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>Marrakech, Morocco \u2013 The Algerian national team, the Fennecs, are en route to Marrakech today, ahead of their highly anticipated quarter-final match against Nigeria in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The squad departed Rabat earlier this morning for a short 50-minute flight to th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45032,"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":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45031","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\/45031","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=45031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45033,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45031\/revisions\/45033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}