The African Nations Championship (CHAN) will come to an end on Saturday evening with a final tie between hosts Algeria and Senegal. Both teams will be seeking their first-ever title. The host nation will take on the Teranga Lions at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers in the final of the competition designed exclusively for home-based players.##NAJAVA_MECA_6996473##The Desert Foxes are highly confident of their chances after hammering Niger 5-0 in the semi-final in Oran on Tuesday while Senegal laboured to defeat Madagascar 1-0 in the other last four game.This is a repeat of the 2019 African Cup of Nations albeit in a tournament that features players playing their football in the domestic leagues. In the 2019 final, Algeria overcame Senegal by a solitary goal to lift the title.Algeria will have the backing of the home crowd as they seek to win their first title of the competition that started in 2009 and coach Madjid Bougherra says he will dedicate the title to the entire country if they manage to win the game.”Thank God, we reached the final. That was our first goal from the start. We will try to win it. We want to win the game in 90 minutes,” Bougherra said at the pre-match press conference on Friday.”There are only 90 minutes left to kiss the trophy. Nothing compares to when our people rejoice. We have regained our physical fitness and rested after the semi-final match”.His Senegal counterpart, Pape Thiaw is happy that his team secured a final berth and says the goal is to head back home with the title.”We are happy because this is what we wanted to achieve in this competition. We did this for the sake of our local football. We wanted to showcase our football. We want our country to be proud of us and we want to return to Senegal with the CHAN title”.Kitolo banking on fit squad to go past Falcons
