Algeria, like highly-fancied Senegal, won their opening game in Group C with captain Mahrez on target in a 2-0 victory over Kenya in Cairo. “There’s no anti-Mahrez plan or similar for (Sofiane) Feghouli or (Yacine) Brahimi, they’re all good players,” said Cisse at Wednesday’s pre-match news conference. “The return of Sadio Mane can give us a boost. “What does a team need to be African champions? Riyad Mahrez, we know he is very a good player in the team, he’s one of them,” said Belmadi.

Source: The Guardian June 26, 2019 12:00 UTC