";s:4:"text";s:5643:" Credit goes to the uploader :-). [38] Although the countries' own blocks were strictly segregated,[2] many Algerian and Egyptian fans purchased tickets allocated to the home Sudanese. "[5] Ahmed Shobair stated that rumours started on the internet were being propagated by the mainstream media. Among other misdemeanours, Ibrahim Hassan assaulted the fourth official. Both sides will hope for a more peaceful game in the next instalment, and with the stadium now modernised only 74,000 will be there. "Football is the opium of the people," says Hossam el-Hamalawy, a prominent Egyptian blogger, journalist and activist. It kept alive the African champions' hopes of taking one of the continent's five qualifying places in next summer's finals. "I will not apologise.
[43], Diplomats meeting to repair relations the next week reportedly characterised the dispute as "ultimately a fight among soccer fans" that "was picked up and inflamed by some elements in the media". There was more trouble in the 1970s, when Algerian police waded into Egyptian players and fans during a troublesome All Africa Games match between Libya and Egypt in Algeria. [47] According to Al-Ahram, Sudanese diplomats suggested "scores" of Egyptians had been attacked and "a few" hurt. Diplomatic agreement, with personal intervention from Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, included lifting the Interpol warrant on Belloumi and compensating the Egyptian team doctor. [1][25] FIFA observer Walter Gagg said, "We saw that three players had been injured — Khaled Lemmouchia on the head, Rafik Halliche above the eye and Rafik Saïfi on the arm. The build-up to the match was hostile, as the two countries already had a healthy dislike of each other. (The away goals rule was not used as a group-stage tiebreaker. Worse was to follow. I do not regret my reactions.". The first match, the final scheduled match in Group C, took place in Cairo on 14 November, with Egypt winning 2–0. [53] Sudan summoned the Egyptian ambassador to protest at the media coverage of the Sudanese hosting of the match. In 1989, in a game referred to simply as the “hate match”, 15,000 policemen were deployed just to keep order. The report would also admonish the Egyptian Football Association for failures in maintaining security and order in the Cairo International Stadium for the game between Egypt and Algeria held on 14 November 2009. Edinson Cavani's Manchester United debut delayed due to coronavirus quarantine rules, How Max Aarons, the poster boy for Norwich City's academy, almost moved to Barcelona, Premier League launches £170m lawsuit against Chinese broadcaster that defaulted on rights deal. [69] Official planes had carried 200 Algerian MPs to the Cairo match, and 133 Egyptian celebrities to the Khartoum match. All rights reserved. [57], The two sides met again in Angola in January, for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Egypt v Algeria Egypt and Algeria are separated by Libya and a sense of mutual loathing. [22], That same evening just outside Cairo, Algeria's "king of raï" Cheb Khaled performed alongside Egyptian star Mohamed Mounir to a packed audience of nearly 45,000 people, according to organisers.
The economic turmoil is still there," Hamalawy says. "[43] Hosni Mubarak said on national television that he would not condone the "humiliation" of Egyptians abroad. Scotland depth tested by injury and Covid as Steve Clarke sees Israel test as 'fantastic chance' for squad, Gareth Southgate looking to calm the England ship after a succession of controversies and distractions, Gareth Southgate issues warning to England's youngsters: 'They have done nothing with us and have it all to prove', Chelsea open defence of Continental Cup with thumping win at Arsenal, Mesut Ozil left out of Arsenal's Europa League squad as exile continues, Gordon Taylor looking increasingly likely to extend his extraordinary tenure as PFA chief executive into 2021. [14], The lead-up to the crucial match was hyped. Algerians and Egyptians have never warmed to each other, and they seem to like expressing their feelings through football. [34], In Marseille, 500 police were deployed to quell disturbances by Algerian youths, making eight arrests. But at the same time, Mubarak also seemed to be calculating his retreat.