African Cup of Nations final match is here after four weeks of pure excitement.
This isn’t their first encounter in this competition as they met in group stage where Algeria came out victorious with Mohamed Youcef Belali’s 86th minute goal.
Can Algeria do it again?
Senegal won Benin and Tunisia at the quarter and Semi finals respectively to make it to the finals.However, one could say this Senegalese team were lucky against Tunisia with the own goal from Dylan Bronn and the controversial VAR penalty call from Bamlak Weyesa.
Hopefully today they’ll be well aware of the threat they face with the Algerian team & will give their best.Aliou Cisse, the current coach was part of the Senegalese team who were runners-up in 2002 African Cup of Nations. Cisse will rely on his players to lift the trophy now.
Algeria won Senegal (1:0) in the group stage. Today they will be fired up and will not want to leave any stone upturned. Algeria won Nigeria in the Semi finals, Riyad Mahrez was the key man with the free-kick that defeated the Nigerian team
The current coach, Djamel Belmadi played in 2004 African Nations Cup and his team was defeated by Morocco in the quarter finals. He definitely want to lift the trophy now and will fire up his players.
Who will be victorious? Will it be Cisse or Belmadi?
It is going to be a tough battle between both teams. I feel the Algerian team have met tougher opponent like Ivory Coast, Nigeria and won. The trophy is theirs to win or lose.
Anthony Kay.