Mahrez leads Algeria’s call for the World Cup

ByDavid Mitchell

Algeria will compete in the 2026 World Cup after missing the last two editions of the competition. Vladimir Petkoviccoach, has already made official this Sunday the list of players who will leave for the American continent. The call is led by Riyad Mahrezcurrent player of the Al-Ahli Saudi The winger was one of the winners of the historic Premier League of the Leicester City in 2016 and then left its mark on the Manchester City of the ‘Guardiola era’.

Apart from Mahrez, the players who stand out the most are Rayan Aït-Nouricurrent left back of the Manchester City, Ramy Bensebainiof the Borussia Dortmund, Ibrahim Mazaof the Bayer Leverkusen, Amine Gouiricenter forward Olympique de Marseilleand Houssem Aouarof the Al-Ittihad but with a past in it Olympique Lyonnais and in the AS Roma.

The complete list of those summoned is as follows: Luca Zidane (Grenade), Oussama Benbot (USM Alger), Melvin Mastil (FC Stade Nyonnais), Abdellatif Ramdane (MC Alger); Rafik Belghali (Hellas Verona), Samir Chergui (Paris FC), Aït-Nouri (Manchester City), Jaouen Hadjam (BSC Young Boys), Aissa Mandi (LOSC Lille), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), Zineddine Belaïd (JS Kabylie), Achref Abada (USM Alger), Tougai (Esperance Tunis); Nabil Bentaleb (LOSC Lille), Hicham Boudaoui (OGC Nice), Houssem Aouar (Al-Ittihad), Fares Chaibi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ibrahim Maza (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Yacine Titraoui (Charleroi SC), Ramiz Zerrouki (FC Twente); Amine Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg), Nadhir Benbouali (ETO FC), Adil Boulbina (Al-Duhail SC), Fares Ghedjemis (Frosinone), Amine Gouiri (Olympique Marseille), Hadj Moussa (Feyenoord) and Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli).

It won’t be easy Algeria to advance from the group stage, since they will have to face each other with Argentinacurrent world champion, Austria and one Jordan that, a priori, they should win.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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