This archive report was first published on 20 July 2019.
On Saturday, July 20, 2019, Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations champions arrived home to a hero's welcome from a huge crowd of joyful supporters and a "water salute" for their plane at Algiers airport.
As the players went on a victory parade through the capital in an open-top bus, tens of thousands of flag-waving fans lining the road from the airport chanted "One, two, three, viv a Algeria!"
Algeria, known as the Fennec foxes, earned a 1-0 victory over Senegal in Friday's final in Cairo, propelling them to a first Cup of Nations title in 29 years.
The players, with winner's medals around their necks and captain Ryad Mahrez hoisting the cup in the air, were given a red carpet welcome at the airport and greeted by Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui.
The bus was decorated with two stars, marking their second African Cup triumph, and emblazoned with the words "We are proud of you" in Arabic and Amazigh, or Berber, the North African country's two official languages.
