Monday, November 7, 2016

Algeria trains, reveal World Cup programme for Eagles tie

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By Rasaq Oboirien
ALGERIA's Desert Foxes commenced its Russia 2018 World Cup camping on Sunday for the November 12 qualifiers against Nigeria in Uyo, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
Seven players, M'Bolhi, Asselah, Belkaroui, Ferhani, Ziti, Abeid and  Feghouli trained under the watchful eyes of coach, Georges Leekens and his assistants at the National Technical Centre Sidi Moussa.
Recall the Belgian replaced Milovan Rejvac who threw in the towel after Algeria's 1-1 draw with Cameroon on match day 1 of the qualifiers.
The trio of Ghulam, Boudebouz and Tahrat who played on Saturday for their respective football clubs were the only ones that didn't take part in Leekens first session with the players.
Other players who played league matches for their clubs on Sunday will join their teammates as from today (Monday).
Meanwhile has sent the media it's training programme for the game against the Group B leaders, Nigeria.
Today (Monday), the players will train twice daily, morning at 10h 30 and evening at 18h 00.
Leekens will also subject his players to a morning and evening drill, before finally meeting the press.
Wednesday training session will not be opened to the media, as it will be used by the coaching and back room staffs to fine tune the team.
Then on Thursday, the team will jet out from Algiers to Uyo via an Air Algerian chartered flight that will consist of the players, coaching crew, some members of the Federation of Algerian Football (FAF), journalists and fans.