Algeria suffer two more injury setbacks ahead of Togo clash

The Algerian national team's preparation for the upcoming AFCON 2027 qualifiers against Togo has been hampered by further personnel issues. The Algerian Football Federation announced that both Amin Chiakha and Rafik Belghali have been ruled out due to injury; the former sustained a calf muscle lesion during training, while the latter is suffering from recurring knee pain. Manager Brahim Hemdani has released both players and called up USM Alger's Saâdi Radouani as a replacement. This brings the total number of players missing from the squad since the original November 5 roster to six, with these two joining the previously sidelined Abdellatif Ramdane, Bachir Belloumi, Jaouen Hadjam, and Hicham Boudaoui.