This project has been close to his heart for years.
But he may not have the day before the end of his term in March 2021. The president of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, himself admitted in an interview with Europe 1 and who airs Saturday, September 26.
The chances of seeing an Algeria - France match being held in Algiers in the coming months are minimal.
It has been several months since Noël Le Graët publicly displayed his willingness to organize the meeting in Algeria.
It would be a beautiful symbol because of the history linking the two countries which would come almost twenty after the first and last confrontation between the two teams.
Which had come to an end and a fiasco.
On October 6, 2001, at the Stade France, the match was interrupted after the invasion of the field by supporters of the Algerian Fennecs.
Led by Zinédine Zidane, whose father is from Kabylia, the Blues champions of the world (1998) and of Europe (2000) then led 4-1.
While he has not yet announced whether or not he would be a candidate for his own succession at the head of the FFF next year, Noël Le Graët is pessimistic in his attempt to mount Act II in Algeria before the end of his term.
Asked whether there will be a new duel between the 2018 world champions and the 2019 African champions, the boss of French football since 2011 replied on Europe 1 "probably not in the coming months".
"I'm not sure the Algerian state really wanted it"
“I've been at the Federation for eight years, I've always wanted to go to Algiers.
We never managed to find an agreement.
The president of the Algerian Federation wanted it, but I am not sure that the Algerian state really wanted it, ”he continued in the program Face aux listeneurs de la radio.
The discussions thus seem to have stalled despite the many appeals from the foot and revivals of the FFF to its Algerian counterpart.
“It's a dream for me to go play in Algeria.
I do not know if during my term of office I would have time.
But it is a proposal that I made on several occasions to the Algerian leaders ”, specified Noël Le Graët.
The president of the Algerian Federation Kheïreddine Zetchi had nevertheless shown himself favorable to this idea during an interview with RMC a year ago.
"The motivations are there, the two federations are perfectly on the same wavelength," he said.
At the same time, the coach of the Algerian team, Djamel Belmadi, player and scorer at the Stade de France in 2001, also hoped to "play one day" in a friendly match against the France team.