{"id":15715,"date":"2026-01-06T21:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15715"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:39:43","slug":"2025-afcon-algeria-nets-late-winner-in-extra-time-against-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15715","title":{"rendered":"2025 AFCON: Algeria Nets Late Winner in Extra Time Against DR Congo&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-211359-696x445-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-211359-696x445-1.png 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-211359-696x445-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adil Boulbina\u2019s goal deep into extra time was enough to settle a hard-fought encounter against DR Congo, sending Algeria into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Played in down the left by fellow substitute Ramiz Zerrouki, Boulbina outpaced a tired-looking Aaron Wan-Bissaka, cut back inside and unleashed an unstoppable right-footed drive that whipped over goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi and went in off the underside of the bar for the only goal of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result, which leaves the Congolese still looking for their first win over Algeria, was harsh on the Central Africans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having competed throughout an even contest in Rabat they looked to have earned themselves what appeared an inevitable penalty shootout before Boulbina\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a game of few chances, with defences well on top, France idol Zinedine Zidane was once again in attendance to watch his son Luca keep a fourth clean sheet of the tournament for Les Fennecs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With such a miserly rearguard, the 2019 Afcon champions will fancy their chances of styming their free-scoring quarter-final opponents Nigeria when they meet in Marrakesh on Saturday (16:00 GMT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adil Boulbina\u2019s goal deep into extra time was enough to settle a hard-fought encounter against DR Congo, sending Algeria into the quarter-finals of the 2025 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15717,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15715\/revisions\/15717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}