"I scored a goal and provided an assist, but we shouldn't focus on my personal performance; we should focus on the team effort of the national team," he said. "We won against a good Algerian team that has talented players."
Algeria's parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France's colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations. Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted long live Algeria on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused.
The draft law, which seeks to criminalise France's colonial rule in Algeria between 1830 and 1962, was introduced in the People's National Assembly, Algeria's lower house of parliament, on Saturday. The bill will go up for a vote on Wednesday, according to reports. Public broadcaster AL24 News reported that the draft, which contains five chapters comprising 27 articles, is based on the principles of international law that affirm peoples' right to legal redress and the achievement of historical justice.