Equatorial Guinea coach Juan Micha has admitted the advantage Algeria national team During the confrontation between the two teams, today, Thursday, September 5, in the opening of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, indicating that the “Desert Warriors” deserved to win after his players’ concentration declined in the second half.
On Thursday night, the Algerian national team achieved a 2-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea at the “Miloud Hadefi” stadium in the first round of Group Five of the African Nations Championship qualifiers. Africa Cup of Nations 2025.
The “Greens” scored the first goal through Houssem Aouar in the (69) minute after the ball rebounded from the goalkeeper following a powerful shot by his teammate Mahrez, before substitute Amin Gouiri added the second goal in the (90+5) minute, to take revenge with this victory for the “Desert Warriors” from the Equatorial Guinea national team, which defeated it in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon at the “Japoma” stadium in the city of Douala.
During the press conference held after the end of the match between Algeria and Equatorial Guinea, in response to a question about the course of the match and the difference between the first and second halves, Misha said: “We prepared well for the match. In football, we always prepare according to the strengths of the competitor, which explains why we stood equal to the Algerian team in the first half.”
He added: “We stopped the Algerian team’s danger in the first stage, but in the second half we lacked focus and the performance of some players declined, which caused us to concede two goals in the last minutes.”
Regarding the difference between the Algerian national team in the “Cameroon Cup” and the current one, the Equatorial Guinea coach confirmed: “We always say that every match has its own story, and that is what actually happened in the African Cup in Cameroon. Algeria has a strong team and great players.”
He concluded his statements by saying: “In the match in Cameroon, we were a surprise to the Algerian team, but things were different this time because they got to know us well.” Masha indicated that his team will be better next month, and stated: “We suffered from some absences in the Algeria match, but we will get these players back next month and we will have better solutions.”
