US EditionZidane Experiment for Algeria Backfires at Cup of Nations
Victor Osimhen scored and assisted as Nigeria secured a 2-0 victory over Algeria to reach the AFCON 2025 semifinals, marking Algeria’s fifth quarterfinal exit in seven tournaments.
- On Jan. 10, 2026 Nigeria beat Algeria 2-0 at the Grand Stade de Marrakech with Victor Osimhen scoring and assisting to reach the AFCON 2025 semi-finals.
- Algeria had been worn down by extra-time in last-16 on Tuesday, while Nigeria's first half dominance created numerous chances but failed to score.
- Less than two minutes into the second half, Victor Osimhen headed home Bruno Onyemaechi's cross, then set up Akor Adams 10 minutes later as a VAR check denied a disputed earlier goal.
- Nigeria will meet Morocco in Rabat next week, as Algeria exit after their fifth quarter-final in seven AFCON appearances.
- After criticism earlier in the tournament, Victor Osimhen responded with a match-winning display, overcoming an earlier altercation with Ademola Lookman in the AFCON 2025 quarterfinal watched by Zinedine Zidane.
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Zidane experiment for Algeria backfires at Africa Cup of Nations
Algeria's hopes of solving a goalkeeping crisis with a big name flopped at the Africa Cup of Nations and they will need to look for alternatives before the World Cup kicks off later this year. Luca Zidane, the son of World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane, was plucked from the obscurity of Spanish second tier to help Algeria with a dearth of goalkeeping talent but it was a gamble that backfired on Saturday. Zidane's goalkeeping was anything but convin…
Zidane experiment for Algeria backfires at Cup of Nations
RABAT, Jan 11 : Algeria's hopes of solving a goalkeeping crisis with a big name flopped at the Africa Cup of Nations and they will need to look for alternatives before the World Cup kicks off later this year.Luca Zidane, the son of World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane, was plucked from the obscurity of Spanish
Algeria/Nigeria: Afcon 2025 - 'Nigeria Outplayed Us', Says Algeria Coach Petkovic
Algeria head coach Vladimir Petkovic graciously conceded that Nigeria fully deserved their 2-0 victory in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 quarter-final at the Grand Stade de Marrakech on Saturday.
This Saturday the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations, which takes place in Morocco, continued. There are only four casts left in the race, looking for the continental title. Three of them will play the next World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The only one in the top 4 that will not be in the World Cup is Nigeria, which qualified in the first turn today. Super Eagles defeated Algeria by 2-0, cast that will be part of the p…
The dream stops in the quarter-final for Luca Zidane. Terrassé, like his partners, by Nigeria this Saturday night (0-2), the Algerian goaltender left the African Cup of Nations on a bitter note.After promising debuts - no goals conceded during his first three titularizations in the competition - the son of the legend Zinedine Zidane, once again present to support him in the stands of the Grand Stadium of Marrakech, did not succeed in preventing …
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