Soccer: Algeria and Ireland will play a friendly

Algeria will play the Republic of Ireland in an international friendly in Dublin on 29 May.

The Desert Foxes will be using the game as part of their build up to the World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off two weeks later.

The FIFA World Cup (awarded 1974–Present)

Image via Wikipedia

Rabah Saadane’s squad are due to meet on 20 May for a training camp at the Italian Football Association’s technical centre in Florence.

Before that the Algerians will host Serbia in another friendly on 3 March.

Their opponents for their final friendly on 5 June in Algeria have yet to be decided and they will fly to South Africa the next day.

The Algerians are in Group C at the World Cup alongside England, Slovenia and the USA.

Tags: Algeria, fifa world cup

This entry was posted by admin on February 14, 2010 at 10:57 am, and is filled under Sports. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

Related Posts
Comments (0)

No comments yet.

No trackbacks yet.

Increase in flights between Algeria and Canada (Vols suplementaires entre l’Algerie et le Canada) 12 Janvier 2011

about 1 year ago - No comments

Canada and Algeria agreed on Tuesday to increase passenger flights between the two countries. The decision was announced by visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. The number of weekly flights from Algeria to Canada will rise from two to three during the winter season, and from two to four in summer, helping respond to the More >

Soccer: Its not over until its over

about 2 years ago - No comments

When Cote De Ivory scored their second goal at 89 minute everyone in the room thought Algeria lost their quarterfinal match of the African Cup of Nations 2010. But wait a moment the players in the ground did not lose their spirit and made a stunning come back by scoring an equalizer in the second More >

Algeria must beat Slovenia to reach second round: Zidane

about 2 years ago - No comments

According to Zinedine Zidane, the Algerian national team could make the second round at next summer’s World Cup in South Africa but will have to go through Slovenia to make it possible. “If they beat Slovenia, yes [they can progress]. After that it’s going to be England and then it could come down to the More >

Algeria-Egypt – brothers again

about 2 years ago - No comments

On the surface, Egyptian and Algerian relations appear to be improving after the disastrous incidents surrounding the Egypt-Algeria soccer matches, reports Dina Ezzat at Al-Ahram Weekly. Throughout the month of November, qualifying soccer matches between Egypt and Algeria have been tarnished with violent incidents as the two Arab countries competed for a spot in the More >

Algerian soccer team gets FIFA points

about 2 years ago - No comments

PARIS – FIFA has awarded Wednesday Spain as the team of the year, with 15 victories in 16 games in 2009, while Algeria and Brazil have the highest increase over the previous year with a gain of 322 points each in the Fifa rankings. This is the second consecutive year that Spain won this distinction. More >