Algeria, which raised the number of its consecutive matches without defeat to 32, benefited fully from its pursuit of Burkina Faso, with a draw in Marrakesh with Niger, with a goal by Issoufou Dayo (55 from a penalty kick) versus Youssef Omarou’s goal (34 from a penalty kick), to move away in the lead. .
The “Desert Foxes” raised their score to 13 points in the lead, two points ahead of Burkina Faso, so that the last confrontation between them on Tuesday will be decisive for the top of the group and the qualification to the decisive round, with an advantage for Algeria, which needs a draw.
Algeria had participated in the World Cup in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014 when it reached the round of 16.
The leader of each of the ten groups qualifies for the decisive round, with each team playing a home and away match to decide the identity of the five teams that will represent the African continent in the Qatar 2022 finals.
The 2019 African champion settled the three points in the first half with a 3-0 lead, before adding the fourth at the end of the match.
The Algerian team started the match by missing a penalty kick through Youssef Belaili (28), but the Qatari club player quickly compensated after a minute, when he dribbled inside the area and hit a ball that bounced from the defense into the net (29), giving the coach Jamal Belmadi’s team progress.
After that, Said bin Rahma, who is currently resplendent with West Ham, scored his first international goal with a beautiful ground shot from the borders of the area to the right of the goalkeeper (40).
Sofiane Feghouli eliminated Djibouti’s hopes before the break, after a new error from the defense and then the goalkeeper after a ground shot from inside the area (42).
In the second half, substitute Islam Slimani missed the crossbar from close range (70), before making up for it in the 87th minute by scoring the fourth goal.
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