On 6 October 2001, France hosted Algeria in an international friendly in Saint-Denis' Stade de France.
It was the first time France played against Algeria after the latter gained independence from the former in 1962. Both Algerian and French players were presented as 'messengers of peace' before the start of the game but the French national anthem was booed by many of the fans. However, the match ended on the 76th minute due to a fan pitch invasion. France has not played against Algeria since.
Match info
GK 16 Fabien Barthez DF 2 Vincent Candela DF 8 Marcel Desailly (c) DF 18 Frank Leboeuf DF 15 Lilian Thuram DM 17 Emmanuel Petit DM 4 Patrick Vieira AM 10 Zinedine Zidane RW 7 Robert Pires LW 12 Thierry Henry ST 20 David Trezeguet Substitutes: DF Mikaël Silvestre MF Youri Djorkaeff FW Sylvain Wiltord MF Claude Makélélé Manager: Roger Lemerre
GK 1 Hichem Mezaïr DF 23 Mohamed Bradja DF 13 Mehdi Méniri DF 17 Slimane Raho DF 3 Moulay Haddou MF 7 Omar Belbey MF 19 Djamel Belmadi MF 6 Yazid Mansouri MF 8 Nasreddine Kraouche FW 9 Farid Ghazi FW 10 Abdelhafid Tasfaout (c)Substitutes:FW Rafik Saïfi DF Mounir Zeghdoud FW Rachid Djebaili Manager: Rabah Madjer
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For Algeria, football remains a fault line with France