Do these two sentences from wikipedia have the same meaning?
In November 2015 , Bensebaini was appointed for the first time to the national team of Algeria for a pair of FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2018 against Tanzania .
In November 2015 , Bensebaini was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a pair of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania .

Choose from: 1. no; 2. yes;
The answer is:
2.