After the “Shock of the World Cup” .. Algerian newspapers: We fell into the trap and we do not deserve such a fate

Today, the Algerian press lamented the loss of the dream of the Algerian football team qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, at a time when the country seemed to be living a painful nightmare.

Algeria failed to reach the World Cup finals after losing 1-2 to its guest Cameroon yesterday evening in the second leg of the final round of the African qualifiers, after Algeria won the first leg 1-0, where Cameroon benefited from the base of calculating the goal away from the ground with two goals.

The newspaper, "Al-Khabar", in its electronic version, described the exclusion with the word "shock", accompanied by a picture of Jamal Belmadi, the coach of the national team, with his face in his hands, affected by the result.

In another picture of Belmadi, he collapsed on the floor of the "Mustafa Tchaker" stadium, which hosted the match, and the government newspaper "Al-Mujahid" reported: "The Greens fell into the trap."

The website "Sports News Decade" chose the title "A dramatic scenario that assassinates the Algerian dream of reaching the World Cup," referring to the second goal scored by the Cameroonian team in the last seconds of the match.

As for "Al-Nahar" newspaper, it reported, "Exclusion at the last moment ... the greens are wasting the World Cup," noting that Belmadi shed tears after "losing the dream of his life", which is intended to participate in the World Cup finals.

The newspaper "Al-Shorouk" reported: "The Greens will not play the Qatar World Cup," which is the headline in which it subscribed with the French-language newspaper Al-Watan.

And it was stated on the official website of the Algerian Football Association that the World Cup dream was lost 10 seconds before the end, and that the Greens lost their match against Cameroon, contrary to all expectations.

The Federation added: "It was a painful evening for the national team, which did not deserve such a fate, after the wonderful performances, the continental title in 2019 and a lot of happiness that he brought to the Algerian people led by Djamel Belmadi."

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