Algeria have been hit with an injury blow ahead of their semi-final match of the AFCON 2019 against Nigeria according to reports.
23 year-old Right-back Youcef Atal has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a broken collarbone.
Atal, who is the first choice right-back in Djamel Belmadi’s side suffered the injury in the quarter-final match against Ivory.
The young defender who has 12 caps for Algeria was replaced after 30 minutes in game.
Per @AfricaFooty [H/T] @DZfoot, Youcef Atal is ruled out for the rest of #AFCON2019 with a fractured collarbone, the right-back will miss #LesVerts final 2 games including Sunday’s semi-final against the Nigeria #SuperEagles
🇩🇿 Big blow for Algeria: Youcef Atal is ruled out for the rest of #AFCON2019 with a fractured collarbone, the right-back will miss #LesVerts final 2 games including Sunday’s semi-final against the Nigeria #SuperEagles [via @dzfoot] pic.twitter.com/xgs6Qq6jgq
— African Football Report (@AfricaFooty) July 12, 2019
Atal has made more interceptions than any other player at #AFCON2019 with 13 interceptions in 4 games, he landed awkwardly on his shoulder during last night’s win over Ivory Coast after a duel with Wilfried Kanon pic.twitter.com/ZH0TOQ9e0h
— African Football Report (@AfricaFooty) July 12, 2019
