Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring early for Algeria

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00:00And beaten by Equatorial Guinea in the tournament before that,

00:03it was not what was expected after their triumph in 2019.

00:07And they're already in, and Algeria could open the scoring in the early stage as well.

00:11A little back heel, here's Mahrez to open it up, and he does so!

00:16Less than 90 seconds on the clock, and that was all that was needed

00:20for Mahrez to score his seventh goal at the Africa Cup of Nations, a record for his nation.

00:26And just the start that the North Africans would have wished for.

00:31Mahrez's quality is not going to be missing those, and they were in behind, look at that, inside the fullback.

00:39And in the blink of an eye, Algeria were in, nicely worked the back heel from Hisham Budawi.

00:48And Riyad Mahrez taking his time.

00:51A cool finish into the bottom corner.

01:01And we have a lift-off in Algeria, who have spoken fervently of their desire to make amends

01:11and atone for what they did in the previous two editions.

01:14We'll see you next time.

01:23We'll see you next time.

01:24We'll see you next time.