French President Emmanuel Macron, on the second day of his visit to Algiers, felt that a friendly football match between Rooster and Desert Warriors “would be a good way to overcome the past.” The President of France is visiting Algiers on a three-day trip aimed at “rebuilding” bilateral relations between the two countries and turning the page of differences that are still weighed down by the burden of the past, timed to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war and the declaration of independence of Algeria in 1962.

Asked about the possibility of holding a friendly match between the two countries, Macron said: “I think it would be nice to overcome the past, especially since the last match that brought the two teams together was more than 20 years ago, namely on October 6, 2001. , and ended with the Algerian fans storming the stadium a quarter ago, an hour before the final whistle.

He added: “It is clear that we will talk about this with President Abdelmajid Tebbun and his team, this is not up to me to decide and it will also depend on what the upcoming sporting events will allow, for some I wish us that.”

He continued: “I believe that sport needs to be reconciled and for that reason I will be in Oran tomorrow with our athletes in anticipation of the 2024 Olympic Games to be held in Paris.”