{"id":31998,"date":"2026-04-15T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31998"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:54:52","slug":"sa-test-key-ahead-of-wafcon-algeria-coach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-test-key-ahead-of-wafcon-algeria-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"SA test key ahead of WAFCON: Algeria coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria women&#8217;s national team head coach Farid Benstiti says their narrow defeat to South Africa\u2019s (SA) Banyana Banyana has highlighted the importance of facing strong opposition as they prepare for the upcoming Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco (WAFCON).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A first-half goal from Nthabiseng Majiya secured a 1-0 win for SA at Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Benstiti said the match was a valuable learning experience for his side, particularly against a well-organised team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me it was the first game against SA and it was exciting. It\u2019s very important for us to play teams that are very well organised and have an intelligent coach. That\u2019s how we become competitive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that fixtures of this nature are crucial as Algeria looks to build a stronger and more resilient squad ahead of the continental tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32000,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-31998","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA test key ahead of WAFCON","published_date":"2026-04-15 16:52:42","news_description":"SA test key ahead of WAFCON","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32001,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31998\/revisions\/32001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}