Ahead of tomorrow’s quarter final game against the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, the star of the Algerian team Riyad Mahrez has given his take.
Mahrez struck the decisive winner late into the last time the two teams met at the AFCON, which was a semi final game but he has sounded out a note of warning about the difference in the Nigerian team of then and the present team.
“The current Nigerian team is better offensively than the 2019 team. There are many good players in this team. We also have a very good team, and we will give our all to make our fans happy. It will be a great match”, he said at the pre match presser ahead of the game.
Asked if he is expecting a similar situation like when he struck the winner in 2019, he was quick to play it down saying he expects this game to be totally different from the clash of seven years ago.
“This match against Nigeria will be very different from the one in 2019. It was in Egypt, with different players, a different way of playing, and a different journey.
“What we have done so far is very good but we need to do even better, and we are capable of it”, he stated.
