Algeria – Austria: forty-four years on from Gijón, the Fennecs face the ghost of revenge at World Cup 2026
Algeria's national football team, nicknamed the Fennecs, is set to face Austria in a high-stakes World Cup 2026 group stage clash today, June 27, at Kansas City Stadium. This match is loaded with the ghost of the infamous 'Disgrace of Gijón' from 1982, making it more than just another game. Forty-four years after that controversial encounter, where a suspicious result between West Germany and Austria eliminated Algeria, the North African side is playing for a long-awaited measure of justice and a spot in the Round of 32.


















