{"id":13265,"date":"2026-01-09T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/13265\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:18:06","slug":"can-2025-algeria-smiles-ahead-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/13265\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN 2025: Algeria smiles ahead of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just forty-eight hours to go before a crucial CAN 2025 quarter-final against Nigeria, Algeria is fine-tuning its preparations without rushing. Thursday\u2019s training session focused on technical and tactical adjustments, with a controlled workload to conserve the squad\u2019s energy after a demanding run of matches. The coaching staff prioritized precision and repetition of tactical patterns, all in a studious atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The main highlight of the session was the return of Samir Chergui, who rejoined the group after several days out following his injury against Burkina Faso. On the other hand, Isma\u00ebl Bennacer continues with individual work and remains sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Fennecs will head to Marrakech on Friday morning before holding their final training session at the main stadium in the afternoon. It\u2019s the last appointment before a highly anticipated showdown, where every comeback counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just forty-eight hours to go before a crucial CAN 2025 quarter-final against Nigeria, Algeria is fine-tuning its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[390,122,9059,1270,9058,9057],"class_list":{"0":"post-13265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-algeria","9":"tag-nigeria","10":"tag-preparations","11":"tag-samir-chergui","12":"tag-tactical-patterns","13":"tag-training-session"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}