The FAF asks the European clubs to exempt the Algerian internationals
The Algerian Football Federation may have to contact European clubs like the Portuguese Madeira, the English Hull City, the French Nantes, and the Italian Lazio and Siena, in order to ask them the exemption of the players Rafik Haliche, Djamel Abdoune, Ghilas Fathi, Abdelkader Ghazal and Morad Meghni from their clubs’ matches next week.
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Officials of the Algerian Football Federation are aware of the difficulty of this task, especially as the FIFA rules are clear, and only allow any international player to pass the training with his club for five days before the official match, and two days before any friendly match, however, the need of the national squad for all its players draws the FAF officials to think pf contacting those European clubs hoping to getting an approval from some of them, particularly in light of the repeated injuries among the Algerian internationals.
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If the demobilization of Ghazal, Haliche and Abdoune seems very difficult in view of their great role in their clubs, the possibility of the exemption of Ghilas and Megheni is very contained, since the first do not play in regular manner and the second returned back from injury.
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The FAF already got approval of El Khour Qatari club, which will exempt Rafik Saifi from playing in the next round, to be present with the Algerian squad delegation to Florence beginning of next Saturday.
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In view of the Calendar of the various tournaments in which the Algerian internationals play, the first day of training will include local players and Saifi, Bouazza and Bezzaz.
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Abdoune, Halliche, Megheni, Ghazal and Ghilas to be late for the training
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Djamel Abdoune will be the latest to join the training camp since he will play a match in the second French championship with his club Nantes on November 9 against Gingon, therefore he will attend the training the next day, that’s why he will not participate in the first three days.
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Abdelkader Ghazal will also be absent in the first two days of the training, as he will play on November 8, with his club Siena in Genoa and will not be able to arrive in the same day to Florence because of the large distance, unlike team-mate Mourad Megheni who will face Milan on November 8, and could join the centre of Covertiano, 250 km from Rome.
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Even Ghilas will be absent in the first two days since he will play with his club Hull City against Stoke city on November 8, to join the training camp on the next day.
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Saadane to postpone his technical work
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In view of the schedule of the internationals arrival, Rabah Saadane will have to delay the technical work, and control his squad to play before Egypt, until the training session on Tuesday, November 10, as he must control the readiness of all his players.