(FILES) Algeria's players pose amid a friendly match against Tours FC ahead of the 1982 World Cup football tournament, in Tours, central France on May 31, 1982. The 2026 World Cup Group J football match between Algeria and Austria, which will take place at the Kansas City Stadium in Kansas City on June 27, 2026, bears a historical dimension, 44 years after the "disgrace of Gijon" between Austria and West Germany that proved fatal to the Algerians. (Photo by YOLANDE MIGNOT / AFP via Getty Images)