Goodbye to France: Son of Zinedine Zidane debuted with the Algerian national team
The Granada goalkeeper made his debut as a full international for the national team of his grandparents' country with a victory against Uganda
Goalkeeper Luca Zidane, son of former French international player for Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane, made his debut with the Algerian national team in the match that the 'fennecs' played this Tuesday against Uganda in the Algerian town of Tizi Uzu and in which The home side won 2-1 with two penalties in the final minutes.
Two penalties led Zidane, who plays in the Spanish Second Division with Granada, to a great victory in his debut with the national team of his grandparents' country.
For more than eighty minutes, the Algerian team, which had already secured its place in the 2026 World Cup since last Thursday, was on the verge of defeat, caused by the fact that they came out much more relaxed than their opponents.
In fact, Luca Zidane, who after playing in the youth categories of the French national team, with whom he became European Under-17 champions in 2015, received FIFA authorization to play for Algeria last September, was only able to keep a clean sheet for six minutes.
An untimely loss of the ball in midfield allowed Uganda, who needed the victory to finish second in their group and keep their dream alive World Cup, to mount a lightning counterattack that Stephen Mukwala finished off (0-1) with a powerful cross shot that Luca Zidane could not stop.
The former Rayo Vallecano and Eibar goalkeeper, among others, found himself in trouble in the 39th minute in another counterattack by the visiting team that, luckily for Zidane and Algeria, the Ugandan striker Jude Ssemugabi failed to finish when everything seemed set for 0-2.
Luca Zidane had less work, if not none, in the second half, in which the North African team turned the score around with two penalties in the final ten minutes, the second of them after a very hard clash between Amine Gouiri and Ugandan goalkeeper Salim Magoola, who had to leave the field on a stretcher.
Maximum penalties that the striker of the Wolfsburg German Mohamed Amoura and gave the victory (2-1) to those of the Swiss Vladimir Petkovic,who will have to decide whether to entrust the goal in the World Cup to Alexis Guendouz, the usual starter, or to Luca Zidane.
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