The captain of the Algerian national football team, Riyad Mahrez, who scored a goal yesterday Monday in the evening, during the overwhelming victory snatched at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium (Blida) against Botswana (5-0) for the sixth and final round of Group Eight qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations -2021 postponed to 2022, has joined the former international striker, Tedj Bensaoula, in the historical ranking of “the greens” scorers, with 19 goals.
The player of Manchester City (the Premier League) managed, in the second half of the game, to score a penalty kick (63 mns) obtained by substitute Youcef Belaïli, player of Qatar Club.
With this nineteenth goal, Mahrez (30 years) surpasses the former leader of “the greens”, Rafik Saïfi , and is 4 goals away from his colleague in the national team Hillal Souidani (Al-Fateh Al-Saudi), who has 23 goals in his record.
