Hocine Achiou wishes to start the match versus Zambia

The Algerian international midfielder Hocine Achiou has indicated that the match that opposed Italy versus Brazil in the Confederation Cup which takes place in South Africa gas uplifted his heart pending the match versus Zambia, and boosted his motivation to be part of the adventure of the World Cup next year in the same country

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• He declared to Echourok “ I was feeling good and I think that booking a ticket for the world Cup would be fantastic”. He went on saying” Look at the magic of the fans, the pitch and the players’ performances, all these elements make you strive to reach the World Cup competition”.
• He considered that the match which opposed the World Champion, Italy to Brazil has motivated his team mates and boosted them mentally to their utmost to beat the Zambian squad at home.
• “ I wish I could start the match”
• As for this match, he expressed his strong will to be among the starting lineup “Every player’s ambition is to be among the starting lineup, and there is no embarrassment in that, but the most important thing is to secure victory”, adding that (the head coach will call up the fittest players.
• He nonetheless admitted the match will extremely tough if we consider the surrounding conditions, but actually it appears easy if we bring it back to the pitch, because the better will be the winner.
• “Conditions are fantastic but the problem lies in the pitch”
• Hocine Achiou considers the prevailing conditions among the Algerian squad fantastic adding that the training camp in Pretoria was perfect and put them away from pressure, but the important thing is to win regardless of the performance.
• As to whether he got an idea about the probable lineup, he said “This is the coach’s prerogatives and he neither disclosed the list of the starting team nor the substitutes, I think that he will put it off till our departure to Zambia”.
• He concluded that the main problem will be the pitch’s status, that‘s why the “Greens” have to chose a tactic accordingly.