“It’s not France, it’s Algeria… Because I want to go there. In June 2021, the president of the FFF, Noël Le Graët, spoke on the subject and regretted that the discussions with Algeria for the organization of a friendly match against the France team were so complicated: Beyond the score – anecdotal -, this match is regularly singled out as one of the biggest fiascos in French sport and a revealer of questions about French identity: at the time, the meeting was interrupted at a quarter of hour of the end because of an invasion of the lawn by young supporters.
The only confrontation between France and Algeria took place in 2001, at the Stade de France, with a large victory for the Blues (4-1). A match between France and Algeria has everything of a dream poster for football fans, in addition to being a symbol in view of the tumultuous history of the two countries. World champions against African champions. Two good news which could be the sign of a gradual rapprochement between the two federations and which could, in the long term, lead to a friendly France-Algeria match, a symbolic meeting regularly mentioned by the authorities. When will France-Algeria be among the seniors? The day before, the Algerian federation had also announced the first U20 participation since 1984 in the prestigious Toulon tournament in May 2022. The two selections will remain in a sanitary bubble, whether for travel, accommodation, or catering and will be subject to daily testing. It will serve as a preparation for the Mediterranean Games of Oran 2022.Īccording to the press release from the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), “These two meetings come to concretize the work of rapprochement and cooperation between the National Technical Directorate (DTN) of the Algerian Football Federation and its counterpart of the French Football Federation (FFF)”.īoth matches will take place at Clairefontaine and will be subject to the strict health protocol established by UEFA. The North African federation announced the event on Sunday, September 26. For seniors, we will wait a little longer, but the meetings between the U18s of France and Algeria on Saturday 9 and Tuesday 12 October are a first step.
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