Red Devils to impress

Belgium are favoured to top Group H.

AFTER weeks of reviewing groups for this year’s World Cup, today is the day where I end it all! This week I will be going through teams in Group H.

Algeria

Algeria have qualified for four World Cups but in all of those editions, they didn’t do well. In 2010, Algeria didn’t qualify for the second round and performed badly in the group stages. This time, will they do well? I doubt so…

They’ve got talented individuals in their side but as a team, they don’t seem to gel well. North African countries are known to produce skilfull and pacy players and most of them do well in Ligue 1 and Serie A. 

Under Bosnian coach Vahid Halihodzic, Algeria looks a disciplined side. Led by their committed skipper Madjid Bougherra, the Fennec Foxes will hope to do well in this group but they know the odds are against them.

Bougherra will marshall the defence together with Raffik Halliche who now plays for Portuguese club Academica. Faouzi Ghoulam and Djamel Mesbah will be the wing-backs as Halihodzic wil be relying on Ghoulam and Mesbah to provide crosses for his attackers.

Sofiane Feghouli, Ryan Boudebouz and Sapher Taider will share the creative responsibilities while Getafe’s Mehdi Lacen and up and coming Tottenham Hotspur youngster Nabil Bentaleb will be the central midfielders.