In what can best be described as a one-sided match for the better part of the game, Algeria lost the first semifinal 2-0 at the Marrakesh Stadium. Mahrez believes that the youthful team they brought to this tournament will learn a lot from this defeat and exit.

“We are disappointed and we wanted to go to the semi finals , it is s a tough one to take and football is like this . A lot of players playing for the first African cap and a new team and they have to go through these types of games and tournaments to improve. I think Nigeria has a lot of players who have African caps and have played together for so long and they deserve to go through,” he said.

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