{"id":62349,"date":"2026-06-01T17:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62349"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:35:58","slug":"algeria-football-squad-selection-praised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62349","title":{"rendered":"Algerian Commentator Praises Petkovi\u0107&#8217;s Squad Selection for World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian sports media personality Momen Ait Kaci has lauded the selection of the national team&#39;s squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers, praising coach Vladimir Petkovi\u0107 for demonstrating his decisive authority in choosing the lineup. Speaking to Dzair Tube, Ait Kaci described the selected squad as remarkably balanced across all three lines: defense, midfield, and attack.<\/p>\n<h2>Algeria national football team squad selection<\/h2>\n<p>His remarks suggest confidence in Petkovi\u0107&#39;s strategic vision and his ability to assemble a cohesive and competitive team. The commentary reflects a generally optimistic outlook on the team&#39;s prospects as they prepare for the significant challenge of World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria national football team, World Cup qualifiers, Vladimir Petkovi\u0107, Algeria football squad, Momen Ait Kaci, Algeria<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports commentator Momen Ait Kaci praises coach Petkovi\u0107&#8217;s selection for Algeria&#8217;s 2026 World Cup qualifying squad, highlighting team balance and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62348,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62349","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\/62349","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=62349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}