Saâdane: “We have made a great leap forward towards 2010 World cup finals”

National team coach Rabah Saâdane has said that Algeria's victory (1-0) over Zambia last Sunday night as part of the combined qualifiers for the 2010 World cup and Africa cup of nations competitions, has allowed the “Fennecs” to make a great leap forward towards the 2010 world cup finals. 

• Taking the floor during a press conference held yesterday in Algiers, Rabah Saâdane stressed that the Algeria football squad should now manage accordingly the rest of the competition, notably the next confrontation versus Rwanda.
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• “We have now clinched our qualifying ticket for the Africa cup of nations, after an absence of 4 years from the competition; now, we should pursue our task steadily in order to go to the World cup contest in South Africa with flying colours”, he said.
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• Regarding last Sunday’s qualifying fixture versus Zambia, Rabah Saâdane affirmed that the match was quite difficult for the Greens as the Zambians came here to pull out all the stops.
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•  “The Zambian squad have nothing to lose during this grueling confrontation”, he explained.
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• -“Rafik Saifi was top – notch and Mourad Meghni was up to all expectations”.
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• “Within the technical staff, we are closely following the performance of each player.
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• Changes in the national line-up cam be made at any moment, according to our opponents of the day”, he added.
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• The Algeria Rwanda qualifier is slated for October 11th at 19h 15mn local tome in Blida stadium.
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• -“Saifi and Mansouri will be out for Rwanda qualifier due to suspension”.
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• In expectation of this decisive qualifier, the Fennecs will embark upon a training camp from the 5th to the 12th of next October at the military complex of Beni Messous in upper Algiers.
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• To this effect, the national team coach announced that he would call up a new Algerian player, namely Hassan Yebda from the English Premier league squad of Portsmouth to make up for the absence of seasoned Yazid Mansouri in the midfield.
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