By Victor Kanayo
The Algeria Football Federation (FAF) has revealed that their National men team, Desert Foxes, will take on the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
The FAF on Tuesday August 23 also announced that the two-time African champions will face Syli Stars of Guinea in their first friendly on Friday, September 23.
The fixture comes as FAF were forced to find an alternative to 2022 World Cup-bound Ghana, for their second match during the September window for international games.
The two matches will be played at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran.
Algeria has won their last two meetings with the Super Eagles.
The Desert Foxes defeated the Super Eagles in their semi-final clash at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Algeria won 1-0 the last time both teams met in a friendly in 2020.
Meanwhile, Coach of the United States Women’s National team, Vlatko Andonovski, has released a 23-woman squad ahead of the doubleheader International friendly matches against Nigeria’s Super Falcons.
All the 23 players are part of the team that helped the USA win the 2022 Concacaf Women Championship in Mexico, including midfielder Sam Coffey, who replaced injured forward Ashley Hatch after the group stage of the competition.
“All the players on the roster performed well in Mexico at qualifying and have carried that form for their clubs, so we’ll continue the process of growing as a team with this group in what will be two challenging games against Nigeria.
“Preparing for the World Cup is a long process, and I’ve been very happy with how our team understands that process, is willing to do the work and is making positive strides every camp to get us to where we want to be next summer,” the coach said.
The US qualified for its ninth consecutive World Cup on July 7, 2022 following its second group stage match at the Concacaf Championship. The Americans went on to defeat Canada in the championship game to earn a berth in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Nigeria also qualified for a ninth consecutive Women’s World Cup, earning its berth earlier this summer at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
The first match is slated for September 3 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City and the second match on September 6th at Audi Field in Washington.
