ShiftyPowers;2894992 said:
Yeah, in the last 10 minutes they started to show some of that legendary discipline. As an Egyptian you must have been thinking "ahhh, now there's the real Algeria!"
Actually, I know the Algerian team very well. They are VERY WEAK team, but because all the teams do not give them enough respect, they turn to be hard to beat.
Algeria have the worst strikers in the world. In the last 8 matches they scored only 1 goal against UAE from a penalty kick.
Africa Cup of Nations:
Egypt 4-0 Algeria
Nigeria 1-0 Algeria
Friendlies:
Ireland 3-0 Algeria
Algeria 0-3 Slovakia
UAE 0-1 Algeria
World Cup:
Slovenia 1-0 Algeria
England 0-0 Algeria
USA 1-0 Algeria
a team that can't score is never a strong team. That's why there's no real strong Algeria. USA and England suffered against them because you didn't play them the right way.
Egypt beat Algeria 4-0 & Malawi beat them 3-0... would you ever compare Malawi to USA or England ?!!
but they beat Algeria 3-0 .. because they played them the right way.
to beat Algeria easily you gotta start with 3 central midfielders because they press hard & to beat that pressure, you gotta pass fast & move faster, so you need more players in the midfield to keep the ball with your side.
The problem England & USA faced was that they were very slow & tried to reach the penalty area before making a cross or creating a chance from the middle. Most of the chances were wasted because you have 11 players in the penalty area .. no matter what you do Algerians are everywhere in front of their goal.
but Malawi & Egypt did it the right way .. they put more central midfielders & started attacking from the midfield .. long fast balls to put the strikers one on one with the GK. whenever you score the first goal against Algeria .. they turn to be THE REAL ALGERIA ... you find them rushing to your goal .. forget all the tactics .. after they were defending with 11 players .. they defend with 2 or 3 .. they start losing temper & get cards.
by then you can keep scoring as many goals as you can.
In the last 10 minutes USA were much better than the 1st 80 minutes that's because you got the idea you need to pass & move very fast .. watch the goal you scored .. the ball moved from the defence to the Algerian goal in few seconds .. your fastest attack in the match .. thats why you scored because you could reach the Algerian goal before the 11 Algerian players could go back & position in front of their goal.
At the end congrats .. it seems like your way to the quarter final is easier than the group stage.
