Algiers - Hocine Bousaleh
Bosnian technician Wahid HaliloZitch Algiers - Hocine Bousaleh Sources close to the national team confirmed that the Bosnian technician Wahid HaliloZitch will meet the Italian star Isaac Belfodil in the beginning of November in Italy, to try and convince him play the next round of African Championship 2012 in South Africa. This follows Belfodil’s announcement earlier that he will not participate due to having matches in his club in this period. HaliloZitch has built his striking philosophy based on the presence of Belfodil who described him as a technically and physically integrated striker. The source added that the ex-trainer Lille Ivory Coast also tried to convince him to play the friendly on November 14 during his meeting with the team. On the other side, news said that HaliloZitch wants to invite the Qatari military star Karim Ziani to join the team starting from November 12 in order to get benefit from his international experience, in addition to the presence of the Qatari military leader in its best technical level starting from this season, in same time greens fans were waiting see him in Libya match. HaliloZitch has recalled 35 players to the training camp starting from 12 November, where the list will include some new names, and returning of some players like the Olympiakos stars Karim Ziani and Jamal Abdoun. It is expected that the Algerian team will jump to FIFA 19th rank for national teams for October as it will be issued at the beginning of the next month, to be near to France, exceeding Denmark and Sweden after winning Libya (2-0), promoting to African cup finals.