The national team will play today against its Cameroonian counterpart, at the Mustapha-Tchaker stadium in Blida, for the second leg of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar. The stakes are high. It will be for the Greens to snatch their ticket for the Qatari World Cup. That is the main objective of Djamel Belmadi to his arrival, four years ago, in the national team.
Brilliant in the first match at the Japoma Stadium in Douala where they beat Cameroon (1-0), Mahrez and his comrades are determined to finish their job in Blida with the firm intention of validating their 5th qualification to a World Cup, after the editions of 1982 (Spain), 1986 (Mexico), 2010 (South Africa) and 2014 (Brazil). They are determined to play hard and fight hard to make the Indomitable Lions fold once again. The latter, defeated at home in front of their public, did not move to Algeria to make the figurative. This is certain. The protégés of Djamel Belmadi are perfectly aware that it will not be a game of pleasure and that it will be necessary to be again strong to succeed again in thwarting the Cameroonian formation. The Greens have shown once again that they have the character and fortitude to rise up, as they did so well in Douala last Friday. This, about two months after the debacle at the last CAN-2021 played in 2022 in Cameroonian land. Slimani, M'bolhi, Mandi, Bennacer, Belaïli and Co would not want for anything in the world to miss the opportunity to take part in a world cup, especially after returning from Douala with a precious victory in the first leg and that they will play this time at-home and in front of the wonderful and passionate Algerian public. The latter will not fail to give them its unwavering support and a substantial contribution on the psychological and moral level, which will allow them to surpass themselves and achieve the game expected of them. Belmadi and his colts know that the qualification is not yet in the pocket and that it will have to deliver again a match of men to obtain it. The new coach of Cameroon Rigobert Song, remains for his part serene and far from admitting defeat. He said about this crucial confrontation that awaits his team: "Nothing is played yet in my opinion. We know how to approach the return match to get the qualification in Algeria. That said, the national coach and our capes do not hear it that way. All the means are gathered to allow the Greens to be again at the appointment with history. All the Algerian people are behind them.
