By Anna Italia
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Italian Soccer Serie A
4 Italian Serie A players named in Algeria 23-man World Cup Squad in Brazil by Head Coach Vahid Halihodzic: Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam, Livorno defender Djamel Mesbah, Inter Milan midfielder Saphir Taider, and Udinese midfielder Hassan Yebda. Algeria are in Group H: Belgium, South Korea, Russia, and Algeria.
Goalkeepers: Rais Mbolhi (CSKA Sofia), Cedric Si Mohamed (CS Constantine), Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger)
Defenders: Essaid Belkalem (Watford), Madjid Bougherra (Al Lekhwiya), Liassine Cadamuro (Mallorca), Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), Rafik Halliche (Academica Coimbra), Aissa Mandi (Stade Reims), Carl Medjani (Valenciennes), Djamel Mesbah (Livorno), Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Midfielders: Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham Hotspur), Yacine Brahimi (Granada), Abdelmoumene Djabou (Club Africain), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia), Mehdi Lacen (Getafe), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), Saphir Taider (Inter Milan), Hassan Yebda (Udinese)
Forwards: Nabil Ghilas (Porto), Islam Slimani (Sporting), El Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb).
Italian Serie A Players in FIFA World Cup Group H:
South Korea: .No Italian Serie A plaeyrs
Russia: No Italian Serie A players
Belgium: 1 Italian Serie A player with Belgium National Football team: Napoli forward Dries Mertens
Algeria: 4 Italy Serie A players with Algeria National Football team: Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam, Livorno defender Djamel Mesbah, Inter Milan midfielder Saphir Taider, and Udinese midfielder Hassan Yebda