Algeria

Ole La Nacion Newspaper Player Ratings Argentina 3-0 Algeria 2026- Messi, Enzo, Lisandro & others

Here is a look at the Argentine newspaper player ratings for Argentina vs Algeria following the two teams’ World Cup 2026 clash. Argentina won 3-0, with Lionel Messi netting all three goals for the Albiceleste. Messi was MOTM- adding to the five Man of the Match awards he won at the 2022 WC.

Ole Newspaper player ratings Argentina vs Algeria

Ole had Rodrigo de Paul as Argentina’s best player on the evening after Messi. They thought Man United’s Lisandro Martinez did a good job in defence, rating him higher than defensive partner Cristian Romero. Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez got a 7 from Ole.

Luca Zidane had a horror evening between the sticks, and Ole had him as the lowest rated player on either side- he got a 3/10.

Argentina vs Algeria 2026 Player Ratings Ole

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AFCON 2019 Groups- Bafana in Group of Death at the Africa Cup of Nations

The groups for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations have been officially drawn and Stuart Baxter’s South Africa are in the Group of Death for the continental showpiece. Bafana will be in Group D alongside Morocco and Ivory Coast and neighbours Namibia.

Hosts Egypt will effectively battle it out with DR Congo for top spot in Group A, with Uganda and Zimbabwe completing the group.

Other interesting groups are Group C, featuring Senegal, Algeria, Kenya and Tanzania and Group F- Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Benin.

Nigeria appear to have got a straightforward group- the Super Eagles have been drawn alongside Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi.

AFCON 2019 will be a 24 team tournament, played between June 21 and July 19 in Egypt, the first time in the history of CAN that it’s being played as a summer tournament than the usual January/February time.

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