Desert Foxes in Kigali for Sunday’s game

Group H leaders Algeria touched down in Kigali on Thursday night, ahead of the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Rwanda scheduled for Sunday at Amahoro National Stadium.The Desert Foxes arrived in the country at 10pm aboard a chartered flight after conducting their late training session on Thursday at the National Technical Centre of Algeria Football Federation in Sidi Moussa.Vahid Halilhodzic’s team is booked in Kigali Serena Hotel and will use Camp Kigali grounds for their training.Algeria, who beat Rwanda 4-0 in the first leg, arrived without midfielder Liassine Bentaiba, who was released on Tuesday due to injury.Algeria are top of the table on nine points, two ahead of second-placed Mali, who welcome third-placed Mali also on Sunday. Benin are third on four points, while Rwanda have two points.Algeria is among several African countries, who could advance to the final round of the 2014 World Cup eliminations but they must win and hope that results from elsewhere go in their favour.Algeria team: Rais M’Bolhi [Ajaccio,France), Doukha Izzedine (USM El Harrach), Lamine Mohamed (USM Alger), Khedairia Sofiane (ES Setif), Mohamed Ziti (ES Setif), Medhi Mostefa (AC Ajaccio,France), Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwiya, Qatar), Carl Medjani (AS Monaco,France), Essaid Belkalem (JS Kabylie), Djamel Mesbah (Parma, Italy), Rafik Halliche (Academica Coimbra, Portugal), Faouzi Ghoulam (AS Saint Etienne, France), Taider Sapphire (Bologna, Italy), Adlane Guedioura (Nottingham Forest, England), Medhi Lacen (Getafe, Spain), Hamza Koudri (USM Alger), Karim Agouazzi (Caen, France), Abdelmoumene Djabou (Club Africain, Tunisia), Yacine Brahimi (Granada, Spain), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia, Spain), Fouad Kadir (Marseille, France), Al Arabi Soudani (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal), Rafik Djebbour (Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece), Islam Slimani (CR Bélouizdad) and Nabil Ghilas (Moreirense, Portugal).

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Desert Foxes in Kigali for Sunday’s game