FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 – Algeria Vs England Preview

your team has great defence, se7a and an amazing goal keeper (other than that glitch that happened in the last game, mistakes do happen)..they need to make us of their attacking skills a bit more…ghezzal managed to stir some problems in the slovenian side, and I think boudebouz can finish the job! good luck in the game against england! bel tawfik insha’Allah

We are in an ideal situation now! Playing not to lose is worth nothing so Saadane will have to be offensive minded. I sense a great game of Algeria against England…….

Overall I know England very well but probably not as well as the U.S.

Algeria needs to get a tie here. The U.S. is tactically very efficient but lacks the personnel. They struggle in games they are suppossed to win. And their only scoring threats are Dempsey and Donovan. Everyone else is in a pretty cold streak. But that doesn’t mean you can sleep on them.

Against England, Algeria will have their work cut out for them. They have EPL quality defenders and they need to step up. The U.S. kept Rooney in check with Jay Demerit who basically played college soccer and couldn’t make any team. He tried out for many profesional teams before he was given an opportunity. Its a nice story. Anyways, U.S. played a relatively sound defensive game but what saved them was Tim Howards keeping.

Even if Bougherra, Halliche and Yahia play a perfect game, its safe to assume England will get about 15-20 shots and at least half of them will be on goal. Its up to Chaouchi to step up his game and prove he can start for this national team. I heard he was crying on the team bus after the loss. As a fan, this is very disheartening. The most important thing for every keeper (and most players) is to have short term memory. Chaouchi needs to forget about that mistake. We’ll all forgive him if he knocks out a few of Gerrards and Lampards shots.

Heskey shouldn’t be a problem. Hes about as potent as Ghezzal. His games to goal ratio is terrible. Yes, I understand hes physical, but if Ghezzal played on the England national team around Rooney I’m sure he would be just as dangerous.

Algeria should play a 3-5-2 again. The lineup should be the same but Boudebouz should replace Kadir. Someone suggested that he replace Djebbour. That would be a bad idea.

Oh, and instead of using Saifi as a sub how about Abdoun. He hasn’t looked that impressive when we’ve seen him but neither have Saifi’s blatant dives.

I don’t know if you watched the US-England game, but DeMerit was obviously marking Heskey. Rooney was Marked by Onyewu.

Speaking of our next game versus the English I think we should abandon the 3-5-2, and here’s why:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/mar/02/the-question-egypt-england-three-defence

And knowing Saadane’s defensive nature, and also the quality of our opponents, it would be practically impossible to score.

Personally I would go for a rather daring 4-5-1 formation.

Antar—Bougherra—-Halliche—-Belhadj
–Guedioura—–Yebda———Lahcen—-
——-Boudebouz——–Ziani——
——–Matmour/Djebbour———

I have great belief that this is the way to go when playing Capello’s team. At first it might seem very defensive, but Imagine Guedioura lunging forward and Lahcen too. Defensively it is very sound as we have 7 players behind the ball without having to trouble our attacking trio of Ziani/Boudebouz / Matmour or Djebbour to do any defensive work like we did in Slovenia. Not to mention we have 3 EPL players on the field, with another who has previous EPL experience (Bougie).

Our flanks are fairly guarded with 2 defensive midfielders patrolling each side, Lahcen can effectively cover for Belhadj. The Wingers he deals with in Spain are as fast and tricky as those in the EPL. Yebda will have to screen for his center backs, and Bougherra might have to assist Antar in some occasions. All in all, this is the way I hope we play.

As for our Striker, I don’t know between Matmour or Djebbour.

Inshallah Khier.

1-0 for Algeria

A Very Strong England Team that i think should play against Algeria on Friday In A 4 4 1 1 Formation. I Recken this team below would be very strong and would win the game. The Reason i would go for d james as hes due to retire hes got the number 1 shirt and he deserves to have his last moment in the world cup. I Don't Blame R Green for his shocking merstake against usa as it could of happened to all goalkeepers and the ball is so light hes a very good goalkeeper makes terrific saves but i think its only fair james plays as hes 39 and green is 30 which means green can play in next world cup. Upson is better for england than carragher and king but not as good as R Ferdinand as carraghers a very good player only for liverpool but hes too slow for the pace of the world cup and king is always injured and dawson should only be used as a last resort as hes not ready yet but will be in next world cup and also terry and upson play very well on the same pitch. This Formation would help England best as Gareth Barry will keep the midfield together with F Lampard solid which will give StevieG a more attacking role in supporting rooney as rooney clearly said he prefers lone striker and i think this would work perfectly.

—————————D James————————-

—-G Johnson———M Upson——J Terry——A Cole—-
…
—A Lennon———–F Lampard—G Barry——S-Wright-Phillips

————————–S Gerrard(c)———————–

————————-W Rooney———————–

Abd – wow man, I'm impressed. Completely agree with midfield, I wrote a short piece but deleted it cos I was depressed over the last game.

Djebbour
Ziani-Lacen-Yebda-Guedioura-Matmour
Belhadj-Yahia-Bougherra-oops forgot to bring one

Unfortunately no impact subs except for Boudebouz. I would take Djebbour off, play Matmour further up and put Boudebouz on the right wing.

Stevie G is the one to mark. Lock the game down until 60th minute and then start to counter. The final score is all that counts. Has to be a win, 90 minutes and better clubs for eveyone. keep it tight at the back. England advance as one and track back as one, so you can counter and then bring the ball back and England will get exhausted moving up and down the pitch. Well, Algeria might struggle to do that as we don't have the patience, but thats what stronger, better teams will try to do.

—————–> THE ONE UNDERNEATH WAS TYPED WRONG <——————–

A Very Strong England Team that i think should play against Algeria on Friday In A 4 4 1 1 Formation. I Recken this team below would be very strong and would win the game. The Reason i would go for d james as hes due to retire hes got the number 1 jersey and he deserves to have his last moment in the world cup. I Don't Blame R Green for his shocking merstake against USA as it could of happened to all goalkeepers and the ball is so light hes a very good goalkeeper makes terrific saves but i think its only fair james plays as hes 39 and green is 30 which means green can play in next world cup. Upson is better for england than carragher and king but not as good as R Ferdinand(Injured) as carraghers a very good player only for liverpool but hes too slow for the pace of the world cup and king is always injured and dawson should only be used as a last resort as hes not ready yet but will be in next world cup and also terry and upson play very well on the same pitch. This Formation would help England best as Gareth Barry will keep the midfield together with F Lampard solid, which will give StevieG a more attacking role in supporting rooney as rooney clearly said he prefers lone striker and i think this would work perfectly.

—————————D James————————-

—-G Johnson———M Upson——J Terry——A Cole—-

—-A Lennon———-F Lampard—-G Barry——J Cole—–

————————–S Gerrard(c)———————–

————————- W Rooney———————–

—–> THE ONE UNDERNEATH ALSO A POSSIBLE SIDE IF INJURES HAPPENED <———

A Very Strong England Team that i think should play against Algeria on Friday In A 4 4 1 1 Formation. I Recken this team below would be very strong and would win the game. The Reason i would go for d james as hes due to retire hes got the number 1 jersey and he deserves to have his last moment in the world cup. I Don't Blame R Green for his shocking merstake against USA as it could of happened to all goalkeepers and the ball is so light hes a very good goalkeeper makes terrific saves but i think its only fair james plays as hes 39 and green is 30 which means green can play in next world cup. Upson is better for england than carragher and king but not as good as R Ferdinand(Injured) as carraghers a very good player only for liverpool but hes too slow for the pace of the world cup and king is always injured and dawson should only be used as a last resort as hes not ready yet but will be in next world cup and also terry and upson play very well on the same pitch. This Formation would help England best as Gareth Barry will keep the midfield together with F Lampard solid, which will give StevieG a more attacking role in supporting rooney as rooney clearly said he prefers lone striker and i think this would work perfectly.

—————————D James————————-

—-G Johnson———M Upson——J Terry——A Cole—-

—-A Lennon———-F Lampard—G Barry——J Cole—–

————————–S Gerrard(c)———————–

————————- W Rooney———————–

England 4-0 Algeria ( Slovenia 1-3 England)

A Very Strong England Team that i think should play against Algeria on Friday In A 4 4 1 1 Formation. I Recken this team below would be very strong and would win the game. The Reason i would go for d james as hes due to retire hes got the number 1 jersey and he deserves to have his last moment in the world cup. I Don't Blame R Green for his shocking merstake against USA as it could of happened to all goalkeepers and the ball is so light hes a very good goalkeeper makes terrific saves but i think its only fair james plays as hes 39 and green is 30 which means green can play in next world cup. Upson is better for england than carragher and king but not as good as R Ferdinand(Injured) as carraghers a very good player only for liverpool but hes too slow for the pace of the world cup and king is always injured and dawson should only be used as a last resort as hes not ready yet but will be in next world cup and also terry and upson play very well on the same pitch. This Formation would help England best as Gareth Barry will keep the midfield together with F Lampard solid, which will give StevieG a more attacking role in supporting rooney as rooney clearly said he prefers lone striker and i think this would work perfectly.

—————————D James————————-

—-G Johnson———M Upson——J Terry——A Cole—-

—-A Lennon———-F Lampard—-G Barry——J Cole—–

————————–S Gerrard(c)———————–

————————- W Rooney———————–

If Algeria Win Its a Took Ask For England.

va te faire foutre l'Algerie va gagner l'Angleterre 2-0 et on va combiner avec l'usa pour que vous soyer éliminer dés le 1er tour gros nul va!!!! Viva l'algerie vive bladi

Listen guys, there is no fucking man on the back of this earth who can predict the exact score for the friday's game, you can say what ever you want, the game will be played between the 22 actors, only them have the last word. but one think is for sure that we, Algerians, will get you a real sweaty.

Well, I don't see Algeria or Slovenia losing by big margins, Algeria more so simply because I think its safe to say Algeria has the best defense in the group. I'm not even being patriotic here… just I strongly believe our defense is enough to handle the England attack fairly well. Again goals goals goals… we need Saifi back to form, because if we did, I can almost assure you we could've won Slovenia about 2-0, 3-0.

There was an article that said the strikers on our team were deprived of good balls… No Djebour can't read the play, Ghezzal did though. Matmour, ehh yeah his balls weren't the best, but his positioning wasn't ideal, it seems that he is the type of striker that would need ground balls.

Not yet Colman, you may get to the 2nd round but with the way you tied US team I don't think you'll make it past Brazil, Spain and Germany…But I do like your attitude concerning your team. Keep that positive mind going.

I find your statements a bit wild here. Your not being patriotic, but your definitely being unrealistic. The only quality defenders we have in our team are Bougie and Belhadj. I would rate our defense on par with that of Slovenia and the US. I would even give ours a slight edge, maybe because I know more about our team. The English have a much more better back-four. Saifi is 35 years-old, he can't get “back” to form. The effects of age are inevitable. Our only hope lies in Boudebouz to operate as a classic number 10. If so, he can exploit Barry's lack of form -he is returning from injury- and provide the final decisive pass or finish himself.

Anyone watching the Swiss up setting the Spanish? Our inspiration! Hope some of Ottmars tactics brushed on Saadane when they met in Crans Montana.

I think what our team lacks (majorly for that matter) is the lack of belief! They play not to lose instead of playing to win……At this point it would do us better to actually play every minute and see how it turns out. I am so over these press conferences where the entire staff tells the entire world that we’re going to lose the game but they’ll make sure to play well at least…We’ll thanks for stating the f#######g obvious there! Isn’t the point of every game to win? Whether it’s realistic or not is a totally deferent debate! I am so fed up of always selling our players short! A bit of cockiness never killed anyone!

It’s all about public opinion at the end of the day…This staff doesn’t do anything to make people believe in their own team! I understand the whole notion of ‘we don’t want to raise expectation too high’ but how low do wee want to lower them too??? Right now it’s below see level!!!!

It’s time for a coach who actually believes in his players before the start of a game! A coach that actually plays to win! I bet you anything has we lost against Slovenia plying to our full potential like that loss against Argentina 4-3 in New Camp a few years back…the Public opinion would’ve remained intact!

Okay, Rant over!

For the last time…Lampard and Stevie g can't play together! NEVER EVER LOL They step on each others toes! It's painful to watch even!

Saifi is just wishful thinking lol. But as for England's defense, I still remain not a fan. the only player i actually think is still playing at their usual best is Glen Johnson. I just found their defense easy to penetrate after watching the Mexico game and even the japan game.

My concern is that would bringing in someone to play the flanks (i read on le beteur thats the plan but i don't trust le beteur too much) is really going to help the attack? I think Algeria should adopt a style of play where the ball is be threaded in front of players instead of going out on the sides and crossing the ball into the box where there are only 2 players that don't really finish too well, i mean our defenders finish better than Djebour does.

I don't know, you're right, Boudebouz is are only hope for our attack to improve. But I really want Algeria to stop this long ball cross thing they've been doing. When Algeria plays one touch they look fantastic and are fairly effective too.

nazim i have lampard and barry together with gerrard rooney up top lol.

Jack,

I see your point but then again you’re asking Lampard to stay back…it’s not in his nature to do so. He doesn’t do that at Chelski why would he do it for England?
Lampard should be on the bench to actually be given time to think about how badly he’s playing instead of being a shoo in the play. You need an offensive minded team out there with people up front that can have a go also, so the weight comes off Rooney.

Although England might beat us on Friday, I definitely don’t have my money on you! Why? Because I know you way too well… Even the mighty Capello has shown some inconsistency by backtracking what he swore he wouldn’t do. He said he won’t take injured players; he’s taken Barry and King. He said he’ll take players who play regularly…again, he’s taken Carrick, Cole and SRP instead of Johnson! So honestly…while you might beat us and Slovenia, I don’t see you going too far unfortunately. Sorry to break it to you but football ain;’t coming home anytime soon

On paper, it’s a great group of individuals, as a team playing together: There isn’t much there!! Roo was taken out of the game when you played the US and when you have nobody else up front then there is no offence! Your midfield was nowhere except for the goal by Gerrard, I don’t think I actually saw see Cole go forward the entire game!?

You stank at keeping procession against the US (Hopefully some more of that against us and some of your players played out of position; ie: Shaun Wright Phillips brought on to play left wing for Christ sake!!!

I am not giving you a stick Jack…I am just saying that the same old problems still remain; nothing seems to have changed with England and it’s sad! I think your best chance was with money grabbing Sven…you had the best team and chance THEN!

Good luck none the less….just not against us!

I can't explain why, but I'm really confident Algeria will beat England. Very strange – I'm usually very negative on Algeria, just a feeling…

Everyone seems to know the score. They've seen it all before, they just know, they're so sure. That Algeria’s gonna
throw it away gonna blow it away but I know they can play… Cos' I remember the Fenecs on the shirt Madjer and Beloumi still gleaming….

what was your prediction against the US then? LOL

Jack…you couldn't bring it home if the game was on playstation LOL England might be home early though

Mike- Was that your best shot? I have a pretty good idea on who sucks….and what they suck (HINT: It stinks as bad as your post LOL)

Dream On Love, See all your thinkings aren't right, bout england 4 and algeria 0, pshhht that's not what happened did it? you lot just embarassed yourselfs, and algeria had the ball more than england did, so stop being over confident with England pllaying and Get your facts right, ENGLAND CAN'T PLAYYYYYY!

well friend The Official Match Schedule for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. … wait til we crank it up versus Slovenia!

listen coz it was in my mind that england might go far this world cup but since they didnt smash the yankes just forget it

Hes not being wild at all. Hes simply stating he obvious!! Algeria is a great team but just needs to keep its morral up. Gazzel…sure didnt play well. With a better striker Algeria can go far. Reeeeel faaar. Im not saying that just because im algerian im saying it because its logic. The commentators and citics also commented about algerias capability. All and all its jus soccer.

khotkom =]

Duudeee….Wee tiieeeddd with england. England codnt keep the ball for five minutes!! You just contradicted urself…PRIDE!!!

khotkom

Your hopeless…ur nt even wrth explaining to. Sorry mate but HOPELESSS.

and its 1,2,3 vive lalgerie. DUH???

who u calling yankes!!!

algeria is a looooser ,da spectators 4m algeria were practisiing magic on england.As thERE waS a bird sitting continuesly on englands goal corner.Dude,u hav com here 2 watch a match not tO sHow maGIC.

yankes is a term used for americans