Did France, Belgium and Croatia give a friendly match with the Algerian team?
Foot – Several European federations, including France, Belgium and Croatia, have expressed their desire to face the Algerian team in a friendly with a view to preparing for the next World Cup. Find more details in this issue of April 9, 2022.
Eliminated by Cameroon, the national team will not participate in the next World Cup to be held next November in Qatar. But as expected, many countries qualified for the 2022 World Cup want to challenge the Fennecs in a preparation match before the start of the competition. France, Belgium or Croatia could soon organize friendly matches against the Algerian team.
Tunisia and Morocco clinched a ticket to Qatar. Many selections, and not the least, want to face the Greens to prepare to challenge the two Maghreb teams. Indeed, according to the Arabic-speaking daily EchoroukFrance, Croatia and Belgium are said to have planned to organize friendly matches against Riyad Mahrez’s comrades.
Led by their Franco-Algerian star, Karim Benzema, France rated in Group D along with Tunisia and Denmark, according to the World Cup draw. For their part, Belgium and Croatia are presented in group F along with Morocco and Canada. They will therefore cross swords with Maghreb selections who have a style of play that is similar to that of the Fennecs.
Towards an Algeria – France match before the World Cup
The same source indicates that the French Federation wishes to schedule a friendly match between the Blues and the Algerian selection. This as part of the preparations for the World Cup, after the draw pitted him against the Tunisians. The Federation of Graët plans to organize a meeting between the two countries. But his desire is likely to come up against other issues outside the sports field.
The latter make it difficult to schedule this duel during the current period. As a reminder, the proteges of Djamel Belmadi said goodbye to the biggest football event. And this, after a defeat at home against the Cameroonians during a very controversial meeting. This made the FAF react, which sent a complaint against the arbitration to FIFA. This last installment will be on this subject on April 21st.