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Sofiane Feghouli, scorer with Algeria against Ivory Coast (1-1, tab: 4-3), savored the qualification of his team while acknowledging that it was tough. While waiting to find Nigeria in the semifinals, the middle of Galatasaray (Turkey) advocates solidarity as a recipe to go to the end.
Collected by our special correspondent in Suez
Sofiane, a beautiful victory, but a difficult victory too ...
Yes, it's a tough win against a great team from Ivory Coast. We are very happy with this victory for our country, for our supporters who came from Algeria. Congratulations to the Ivory Coast team who showed a beautiful face, which wet the jersey. Now the competition is not over, we will rest and prepare the rest.
You did not doubt after Bounedjah's missed penalty followed by the Ivorian equalizer?
Not at all, but it is true that if we had been more killer ... Maybe the penalty would have changed the face of the match, but the ball hit the bar and came out. After that allowed Ivory Coast to return to the match. She did not let go, we did not let it go any further. It was decided to penaltys, it's like that. We had the chance to win, now we have to recover because it was a very difficult match.
It was played on the mind also this meeting ...
Yes, we can say that. The turning point of the match is still the penalty. If we had a second goal, we would have made the match easier. But Ivory Coast is a great team and it has caused us problems. We know that there is no easy match, in three days, we will face Nigeria, which is also a great team. It's up to us to be ready. We expect a match as hard. Nigeria is a great team and it's going to be difficult
Today, we do not imagine that you all want to go to the end?
We take the matches one after the other, we try to play with our values, we give ourselves thoroughly for our country, for fans who have come from far, we try to play for the people. It is only by being in solidarity that we are rewarded and we can go far in this competition.
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