Ireland vs Algeria this Friday:”A genuine test match for national coach Saâdane”

The International friendly match which is due to pit Ireland against Algeria this evening at 19h 45mn (Algerian time) in Dublin will be played in a stadium whose capacity does not exceed 18 thousand seats. 

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• This stadium in Dublin was originally destined to horse-riding even though it is the venue today of rugby matches.
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• As a matter of fact, there are nonetheless two major stadiums in the Irish capital: The first one is Lansdown Road, of a 40 thousand seat capacity which is currently under renovation and the second stadium called Croke Park which hosts now a Welsh football tournament.
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• The stadium in which will be played this Friday the Ireland-Algeria friendly match, saw Ireland’s victory over Paraguay by 2 goals to 1.
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• The Ireland-Algeria warm-up fixture will be an opportunity for national team coach Rabah Saâdane to fine-tune his strategy and his tactical scheme as well as to gauge the current potentialities of his players ahead of the World cup tournament due to be hosted by South Africa starting from June 11th.
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