{"id":80201,"date":"2026-09-27T08:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=80201"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:01:52","slug":"dzw-288aaa04634bd603820ecb77b480e1b6f29775f7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=80201","title":{"rendered":"Desert Foxes Start CAN 2027 Qualifiers with Strong 3-1 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a>&#39;s national <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">football<\/a> team commenced their qualification campaign for the 2027 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.au.int\/en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Africa<\/a> Cup of Nations (CAN) with a 3-1 victory over Zambia. The match, held in Tizi Ouzou, saw the Algerian squad secure a strong start to their continental challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The encounter began with Zambia conceding an early goal, though they maintained focus and managed to score an equalizer early in the second half. Despite Zambia&#39;s efforts, Algeria demonstrated determination, quickly scoring their second and third goals. These decisive strikes led to Zambia&#39;s team collapsing, unable to recover, a point acknowledged by Zambian coach George Lwandamina, who conceded the Algerian team&#39;s strength.<\/p>\n<p>This successful opening fixture highlights Algeria&#39;s capabilities as they embark on their journey towards CAN 2027. The 3-1 win, achieved on home soil, establishes a positive momentum for the national team in the initial phase of the qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s national football team began its CAN 2027 qualifying campaign with a decisive 3-1 victory over Zambia in Tizi Ouzou, securing a strong start to their continental challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80201","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\/80201","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=80201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80202,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80201\/revisions\/80202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}