Hadj Aissa : ” Algeria line- up can subdue Egypt in next qualifiers”.

The talented Algerian striker of the first – league football squad of ES Setif Hadj Aissa said in an interview with the newspaper “Echorouk Al Yaoumi” that he is very satisfied at the decision by national coach Rabah Saâdane to summon him back to the Algerian national line-up in expectation of the next qualifiers of the World cup / Africa of Nations qualifying contest.  

• Q : How do you feel after being called back to the Algeria squad  ?
• * – I must say that I am fully enthralled at the prospect of playing again to defend the Algerian flag and   I should also thank national coach Rabah Saâdane for including me in the newly-overhauled national line-up in anticipation of the upcoming confrontations.
• Q : Rabah Saâdane has in a past statement to “Echorouk” criticized you for being too often injured. How did you receive his comments? 
• * – Coach Saâdane knows what he is saying and doing and he has the right to criticize any football player in Algeria or overseas. I should say that as a leading striker in my Setif squad, I have not been spared by the defenders of most teams we had to face and often the referees took a blind eye to this aggressive play and that’s why I was often injured on the pitch. But I respect the national coach and took a leaf out of his remarks which prompted me to rebound and do better.
• Q : Are you now ready to join in full force the Algeria squad ?
•         –      -I am in good shape and I will do my utmost to make a commendable performance with the national team which is forging ahead by leaps and bounds.
• I will have, hopefully, the opportunity to show my potentialities at the service of the national line-up shortly in a friendly International match versus the Benin squad.
• Q :  What do you think of the current Algerian national line-up ?
• ·        –     I should say that the current Algerian line-up, made up of a mixture of local and professional players, is really up to the mark and could fare well in the next round of the competition at the regional and international levels.
• Q : The ES Setif top Manager Abdelhamid Serrar said that you should return to the Algerian national team prior to vying for a professional football career abroad. How do you see that?
• – President Serrar has a wise and clear-sighted strategy indeed. He has advised me to join again the national squad and demonstrate to all and sundry my full footballing potential before embarking on a professional career with a foreign club in order to guarantee my success.
• Q : How is your club ES Setif preparing for the next round of the Arab football champions’ League competition ?
• – ES Setif is steadily preparing for the next qualifiers and all the players are determined to make a great performance on the pitch and hopefully wrench the much-coveted Arab trophy for the third time in a row.
•  All the ES Setif staff and players will be pursuing this goal for the sake of Algeria and all the fans of the Setif squad.
• Q : How do you see the upcoming hot confrontation between Egypt and Algeria ?
• – I do hope to take part in this crucial match versus Egypt and I should say that we will reply to the   Egyptians’ sweeping statements with a fine and determined play on the pitch to prove that Algeria  remains, all the same, a major footballing nation at both the continental and International levels.
•                       I am confident that we will fare well in the next qualifiers.