AlgeriavsJordan
ALG 2/JOR 1
Things to say
Algeria beat Jordan 2-1 at the World Cup to climb to 1-0-1 in the group.
01
opener
Algeria edged Jordan two-one. Jordan actually hung in there, but Algeria had the extra bit of quality up top. Decent result for them in the group.
02
key player
Ibrahim Maza was the difference, four shots and constantly buzzing. Jordan had no answer for him.
03
hot take
Honestly Jordan deserved more than that. Two-one flatters Algeria a touch.
04
deep cut
Luca Zidane in the Algeria goal, yeah, Zizou's lad. Only three saves but kept the clean sheet from slipping further.
05
exit
Anyway, Jordan keeper made six saves keeping it close, so they'll fancy their chances next match. We'll see how the group shakes out.
The recap
Algeria edged Jordan 2-1 to grab their first win of the group, and they had to work for it. Jordan threw everything forward and keeper Yazeed Abulaila was busy all night with six saves keeping it respectable, but the visitors had just enough quality to nick it.
Ibrahim Maza was the livewup top, peppering the goal with four shots while Aïssa Mandi pulled the strings from the back with nearly 80 passes. Jordan stay winless at 0-0-2 and will be kicking themselves they couldn't find the net more than once after all that pressure.