The Egyptian Football Association submitted an official complaint once morest its Senegalese counterpart to the match observer, security official, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the International Football Association (FIFA) before the start of the two teams’ match in the second leg of the World Cup qualifying round.
The official account of the Egyptian Football Association on the social networking site (Facebook) on Tuesday evening stated that the Egyptian team was subjected to racism following the appearance of offensive banners in the stadium stands for the players, specifically Mohamed Salah, the team leader, and the fans terrorized the players by throwing bottles and stones at them during the warm-up process. In addition, the Egyptian mission’s buses were attacked, causing their windows to break and some people were injured and injured, which was documented with pictures and videos that were attached to the complaint.
The Senegalese football team booked the second seat of the African continent in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, following beating its Egyptian counterpart 3-1 on penalties, on Tuesday, in the second leg of the final round of World Cup qualifiers.
The two teams exchanged wins at their stadiums with the same result, as the Egyptian team had previously won at home 1 – zero in the first leg last Friday, while the Senegalese team won at home with the same result in the second leg to tie in the total result of the two matches, and the penalty shootout decided the difficult confrontation between them.
