After Algeria’s victory against Burkina Faso on Sunday (1-0), Luca Zidane was asked about a potential arrival at the Fennecs of his little brother Elyaz.
Eliminated in the group stage of the last two editions of the CANthe Fennecs will return to the round of 16. Vladimir Petkovic’s men validated their qualification after their victory over Burkina Faso on Sunday (1-0) and that against Sudan four days earlier (3-0).
Once again starting in the Algerian cage against the Burkinabé, Luca Zidane recorded a second clean sheet in a row. All under the eyes of his father Zinedine, his mother Véronique and his brothers Théo and Elyaz, present in the stands of the Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat.
“ Like all the Algerian people, they (his family) are there behind us. It’s important for us to have them here with an incredible atmosphere so we do our best to make them proud », Confided the 27-year-old goalkeeper in the mixed zone after the meeting.
Luca Zidane: “Now is not the time to talk about it”
Luca Zidane was then asked about the possibility of seeing his little brother Elyaz join him in the Algerian selection. A question to which the Granada player preferred to evade.
“We’ll see, now is not the time to talk about it “, he said.
Aged 20 since last Friday, Elyaz Zidane plays in the reserve team of Betis Sevilla. Central defender, he has 16 caps (1 goal) with the France U20 team. He also recently participated in the World Cup with Bernard Diomède’s Bleuets.
