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GROUP E

ALGERIA

The holders will go into the tournament on the back of a run of 33 unbeaten matches at the end of the November World Cup qualifiers, not far off the record that Italy set in September.

Success for Algeria in Egypt in 2019 was only their second in the Cup of Nations, and their first since winning on home soil in 1990, but was achieved in impressive fashion.

Coach Djamel Belmadi has built a veritable “golden generation” for Algeria, rivalling

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