Algeria’s national team trained at their headquarters in Algiers on Tuesday in preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Morocco.
The “Desert Warriors” will kick off their campaign in Group E against Equatorial Guinea in Oran on Thursday, followed by a match against Liberia in Monrovia five days later.
“Everything is okay. The camp is good, with the new coach and new players. We are here to give our all,” said Algeria defender Naoufel Khacef.
These will be the first fixtures in which star player Riyad Mahrez will feature under new head coach Vladimir Petkovic, who took over in February after Djamel Belmadi stepped down at the beginning of the year.
Algeria, who won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990 and 2019—under Belmadi—failed to win a match or advance past the group stage in the last two tournaments.
