Fatima Hamdi-Algeria

"They deserve the title and deserve the star," chanted the crowd on the sides of the highway, waiting for desert warriors to arrive during their tour in Algiers today to celebrate the African Nations Cup.

Tens of thousands of fans lined up on the sides of the motorway from Houari Boumedienne airport to the center of the Algerian capital.

"I have gathered all my strength and are ready to wait two more days on the road without hope," said Khadija, 76.

The reception of the kings was waiting for the comrades of the leader Riad Mehrez a day after the African title at the expense of Senegal in the final of the competition that took place in Egypt.

The Algerian team was surprised in their tour, which led them through an open bus with ceremonial manifestations that tried to document them through their accounts of social networking sites to commemorate moments that will be stuck in their memory for a long time.

In a scene similar to "action films," one of the supporters threw himself from the top of the bridge by the highway to the "green" bus carrying the Palestinian flag in tears and joyous joy in the presence of the team that was watching yesterday's epic final on television.

The players clung to the defender, under the shock of the scene and asked the security to leave him among them throughout the tour in an understanding of his enthusiasm that led him to risk his life.

Algerian coach Gamal Belmadi did not catch his tears in front of the crowds and chants that long called his name as the maker of achievement thanks to his plans and ability to extract the best players.

Belmadi, a few kilometers from the start of the bus and the high-pitched voices of his name, chose to sit down and leave room for the young men and the technical staff, who danced to the tunes and fluttering along the 20 km route.

Al-Ansar, who came out to receive their national team, sees striker Baghdadi Bungah digging his name in the hearts of millions of Algerians who will not forget what he did during the African Championship, especially tears after a penalty kick against the quarterfinals against Ivory Coast.

The fans followed the players' bus, and some walked barefoot behind them as they slowed down and drove off as the security men managed to open a corridor between the crowd shouting "O Pongah today Rana Mallah," meaning "We're okay, Bongah."

Fans chanted "The people want to honor the Rais," in reference to the guard and Wahab Rice Mbulhi, and singled out other players with similar cheers as their heroic performance throughout the tournament lasted for about a month.

The crowd chanted in the name of the goalkeeper Mbulhi considered him "the fortress of the goal of the Greens," the Algerians chanted, "Ah, O Rays, without a pick-up of Cuba," that is, "Rais Dunk was not to be the cup in our possession."

Some of the players experienced the Algerian fans' keenness after qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ and the Brazil 2014 World Cup. Today was a chance for a new generation led by the best player in the African Nations, Ismail Bennasir, to taste the sweetness of the victory they had never experienced before.