Algeria Star Leaves Camp Ahead Of Bafana Tie
One of Algeria’s star players has had to surprisingly leave the national team camp just days before they play Africa Cup of Nations bronze medalists Bafana Bafana. Last week Friday, Amine Gouiri opened the scoring for the Desert Foxes in their first match under new head coach Vladimir Petkovic against Bolivia.
The two-time African champions ended up winning the encounter 3-2 as they competed for the first time since the Africa Cup of Nations, where they were unable to grab a single victory. This was Gouiri’s first goal for the north African juggernauts, and while he would have been elated to get off the mark for his nation, the joy did not end there.claiming that the cause of his departure from Petkovic’s camp is that his wife was giving birth to their first child in France.
It means that 24-year-old will not be present for Algeria’s upcoming FIFA Series encounter with South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Tuesday evening.The Bourgoin-Jallieu-born attacker has been in a rich vein of form recently as he has either scored or assisted in his last four Ligue 1 matches.For 14 free days, you can have access to the best from Soccer Laduma, KickOff, Daily Sun, TrueLove and Drum. Thereafter you will be billed R29 per month.
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