The heroes return to Algiers

Published on 2 October 2026 · Sport

Algiers, 20 July 2019. After their victory at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in 2019, the players of the Algerian national football team parade through the streets of Algiers aboard an open-top double-decker bus. Surrounded by an immense crowd of supporters, the players raise the trophy and celebrate their return with the Algerian public. In the streets of the capital, the celebration turns into a vast human tide, the day after the continental triumph of the "Fennecs".