Coupe De France

Algeria turn to Halilhodzic

• Halilhodzic angry over Ivory Coast axe

Halilhodzic, 58, enjoyed some success as a club coach in France, leading Lille to third place in Ligue 1 and Champions League qualification in 2001 before moving on to Rennes and Paris St Germain, where he won the Coupe de France.

Halilhodzic has since coached in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Croatia and was coach of the Ivory Coast from 2008 to 2010. He lost his job with the Elephants after they were dumped out of the African Nations Cup by Algeria, with Sven-Goran Eriksson ultimately leading them into the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

He had most recently been in charge of Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

A statement on the Algerian federation's official website read: "The Algerian Football Federation has hired Mr Vahid Halilhodzic as coach of Algeria's national team for three years from July 1, 2011.

"The objectives of the new national coach are to qualify for the 2013 African Nations Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil."

Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup but finished bottom of Group C after taking just one point from their three games.

PSG Vs. Lille, Coupe De France Final: Lineups - SBNation.com

Paris St. Germain are the holders of the Coupe de France and they have appeared in six of the last nine finals. Lille, on the other hand, have not won a major trophy in over 50 years. PSG have the big name and the big time history, but Lille have the immense talent and form. If the league table didn't indicate to you that Lille are not underdogs, some of the names in their lineup will.

PSG veterans Ludovic Giuly and Claude Makelele will obviously not be intimidated by the occasion, and they have shown this season that they still have some gas in their tanks.However, despite their relative inexperience compared to some of the stars of the PSG, Lille have some incredible talent, especially on the front line. Their front three of Eden Hazard, Gervinho, and Moussa Sow is probably the most underrated in Europe. Here are the lineups.

PSG range (4-2-3-1): Coupet, Ceara, Camara, Sahko, Tiene, Makelele, Chantôme, Guily, Bodmer, Nene, Hoarau

Range of Lille (4-3-3): Landreau; Debuchy, Rami, Chedjou, Beria; Gueyem Mavuba, Cabaye, Gervinho, Sow, Hazard

The kickoff is at 2:45 p.m. ET, 7:45 pm local time.

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