Algeria is making great strides towards the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
By securing the draw against Burkina Faso 2-2 in the final of their qualifying group on Tuesday, the Fennecs won the right to play the round-trip play-offs from which the five African selections for Qatar will emerge.
Seventh qualified out of ten, the Belmadi team joins Mali, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco and DR Congo already present in the dams.
Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon are the other candidates for the remaining three places.
33 games unbeaten
The draw for the five play-offs will take place on December 18.
In dams or in any other circumstance, it will not be good to fall against Algeria.
It has not lost any meeting since October 19, 2019, against Morocco (3-0), on behalf of qualifying for CAN.
Or the trifle of 33 unbeaten games.
This Tuesday, faced with the adversity of Burkina Faso, the Green and Whites had to be satisfied with a simple draw, even if they led twice in the score.
On a cross from the left of Belaili, Mahrez opened the scoring at the far post, after Bounejah intelligently let the ball pass (1-0, 21st).
Well launched in depth by Sangaré, Sanogo equalized shortly before the break (1-1, 37th).
After the rest, Feghouli gave the advantage to the Fennecs, at the conclusion of a new center from Belaili, behind that one (2-1, 68th).
Burkina came back to score thanks to a penalty, transformed by Dayo (2-2, 83rd).
