It took him six minutes of play to deliver an entire nation. On his only ball touched, Adil Boulbina burst the screen this Tuesday, January 6 by qualifying Algeria for the quarter-finals of CAN 2025 in extra time. Entering in the 113th minute of the 8th final against the Democratic Republic of Congo, the left winger from Al-Duhail in Qatar demonstrated his dynamite qualities by unleashing, at the entrance to the area, a powerful strike with his right foot into the opposite corner of Lionel Mpasi’s goal, with the help of the crossbar (1-0, 119th).
The mere presence of the 22-year-old player in the Fennecs group already seemed like a small miracle since he had played in the Arab Cup at the beginning of December with the A’ selection, and the Algerian coach Vladimir Petkovic had initially sworn that he would not include any player who had played in this competition in his group for the African Cup of Nations.
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