In addition to qualifying for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN) which will take place from January 15 to February 28, 2022, Algeria offered Monday night the unbeaten record of an African team, tied with the Egypt of the 2000s, or very precisely 24 games without defeat (17 wins and 7 draws).
On the sixth and final day of qualifying, the Fennecs left Botswana no chance by winning the game 5-0 and finishing at the top of their group.
This series of invincibility began on November 18, 2018 against Togo.
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🇩🇿🇧🇼 Algeria wins 5-0 against Botswana and ends its qualifying phase for the undefeated CAN and in 1st place in its group!
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As for the Algerian press, the newspaper the Gazette du Fennec had expressed some doubts at the end of 2020 on a possible record of the Ivory Coast of Didier Drogba and 26 games without defeat between 2010 and 2013. Because this series would not then take into account that the regulation time of the matches, taking into account the defeat on penalties of the Ivorian selection in the final of the CAN in 2012 against Zambia.
The Fennecs have a margin of 11 games to reach the world record for the longest unbeaten time, which is 35 games.
A record held by Spain and Brazil.
With such statistics, Djamel Belmadi's players will be the big favorites to their own succession next January in Cameroon.
