05 Mar 2019
Doha, 5 March 2019. On Tuesday morning, a high-ranking delegation of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) was welcomed at Aspire Academy and taken on a guided tour by Deputy Director General Ali Salem Afifa.
The delegation included Algerian Football Federation president Kheireddine Zetchi, National Team Manager Hakim Meddane, National Team Doctor Mohamed-Larbi Benazieb and the Head of FAF’s Physical Coaches Omar Bouras. FAF President Kheireddine Zetchi was impressed when he heard about the philosophy of the Academy that played a huge part in the recent success of Qatar’s football national team in the United Arab Emirates.
“I congratulate Qatar to winning the 2019 Asian Cup, which was an outstanding achievement. I also congratulate them to this great Academy, that built the foundation for the recent achievements of this country thanks to state-of-the-art facilities combined with world leading know-how, sport science and technology. We are sure that more outstanding results are to follow and not only in football. We are very impressed with what we have seen here today and we hope to be able start a cooperation between FAF and Aspire Academy for a future exchange of knowledge and expertise,” Zetchi said at the end of the visit.