TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Group D favorites, Algeria are still chasing their first win of the ongoing competition.
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They take to the field to play Mauritania at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake on Tuesday, 23 January.
Mauritania have lost all two games and are without a win.
Head coach, Amir Abdou has insisted his side will put in everything to get their first historic win in the competition.
Djamel Belmadi knows their qualification depends on the game and they can’t afford to disappoint their fans back home.
Amir Abdou – Mauritania coach
“We are going to have a very important game against the favorite of this group. It is going to be a very complicated game and we know we are going to play against a very good team. This is a team that has lot of high quality players. We are not here to distribute points, we are here to do our best and we will do everything possible to be at the right level.
“We do acknowledge the level of the opponent. What we are looking for as Mauritania is our first victory. Algeria is looking for the title, but we are looking for the victory.
Mouhsine Bodda – Mauritania Player
“We’ve noticed that Algeria haven’t shown their true potential in the games played so far. Have you seen the squad of Algeria? If one is injured, there is another quality available, we know their quality and as I have been saying, we are going to focus on our team and prepare for the game and everything we are going to do will be with concentration. We know how good the Algerian team is but we will make sure we become an obstacle for them”
Djamel Belmadi – Algeria coach
It’s a decisive match, let’s call a spade a spade. Against Burkina we only conceded a corner, they only arrived once in our area. The psychological motivation to come back does not surprise me, I know my team, we don’t want to leave the competition.
We will have to reduce errors the errors we commit, these are adjustments that we must make. By reducing errors as much as possible it will swing to our side. We can become more prolific, more precise in front of goals.
Mauritania v Algeria
Tuesday, 23 January
Stade de la Paix
