Algerian national team goalkeeper Luka Zidane has expressed strong confidence in the 'Greens' potential to excel and 'surprise everyone' at the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. His remarks, made during an extensive interview with French magazine 'Onze Mondial,' highlight the team's readiness for the global spectacle.<\/p>\n
Algeria finds itself in a challenging Group 10, alongside reigning champions Argentina, Austria, and Jordan. Despite the formidable opposition, Zidane remains optimistic about his team's capabilities.<\/p>\n
Discussing both personal and collective ambitions, Zidane stated, "This will be a very important year. We've played in the Africa Cup, and the World Cup is now on the horizon." The Granada FC shot-stopper further elaborated on his individual goals, saying, "On a personal level, this year will be crucial for me to get closer to my goals and aspirations."<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the team's collective performance, he added, "Collectively, we had a good Africa Cup, although we aimed for better. Now, our goal is to deliver a great World Cup." Zidane concluded with a resolute statement, affirming, "I believe we will surprise everyone, because we possess a very cohesive, young, and high-quality squad."<\/p>\n
Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria football, World Cup 2026, Luka Zidane, Algerian national team, FIFA World Cup, football predictions<\/p>\n DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Algerian national team goalkeeper Luka Zidane expresses strong confidence in the squad’s potential to excel and ‘surprise everyone’ at the FIFA World…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61455,"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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61456","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\/61456","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=61456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}