Algeria hire boffins for lowdown on opponents

Coach Rabah Saadane cannot attend all the pre-tournament games of Group C rivals England, the United States and Slovenia so he will rely on reruns of the matches with special software breakdowns, he told a news conference on Tuesday.

"To learn more about our rivals, we have consulted Algerian specialists outside of Algeria who have sophisticated software to do summaries about their strengths and weaknesses," he said.

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