The Fennecs were opposed to the Carthage eagles and won the final (2-0), in front of the crowded stands of Al-Khor’s Qatari Stadium.
Le Monde with AFP
The Algerian football selection, title African champion, won for the first time the Arab Cup by winning (2-0) against Tunisia, Saturday, December 18, in Qatar, at the end of the extensions.
At Al-Bayt Stadium of Al-Khor, in northeastern Qatar, Algeria’s Greens were issued by the AMIR Sayoud replacement (99 e ) then by Yacine Brahimi (120 e +5), in front of the crowded stands of more than 60,000 spectators, including the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani.
The Fennecs, who have lost no meeting during the Arab Cup, had to, as all the nations committed, do without their players operating in Europe. Algeria had won the 2019 African Cup of Nations, after twenty-nine years of long wait since its first continental coronation.
The tournament took place in six of the eight stages that will host World Cup matches 2022; The final took place on the day of Qatar National Day and one year for the day before the World Final. Earlier in the day, the host country beat Egypt to the goal (5-4, 0-0 at the end of the regulatory time), accessing the third place of the first Arab Cup to be held under the Aegis of FIFA.
Tensions on the Champs-Elysées in Paris
Tensions between Algerian fans and police forces marked the festivities for the victory of Algeria on Saturday night, on the avenue des Champs-Elysées, which had been banned to supporters by the authorities.
According to a balance sheet at midnight, 25 people were arrested and 378 were verbalized for non-compliance with the prefectural decree or for road offenses (45), “said Twitter the Paris Police Prefecture. The police dispersed the supporters who gathered and verbalized those who remained despite the dispersion, said Saturday night a police source. Around 11:30 pm, there were still some supporters on the Champs-Elysees, without incident, added this source.