Agustin Senghor, president of the Senegalese Football Association, denied that his country’s fans used the “laser” in the match that brought them together once morest Egypt in Dakar, which led Senegal to the 2022 World Cup through penalty kicks.
The president of the Senegalese Football Association said in statements carried by the BBC: “I did not see the projectiles that were thrown from the stands. As for the “laser”, if this happens, it is the first of its kind in Senegal, but we know that it was used a lot in Cairo, and it is often used in certain countries, Senegal is not used to this.
Augustine Senghor, who is the vice-president of the Confederation of African Football “CAF”, added: “I did not see any bad behavior in the match, because the Senegalese are known for their warm welcome.”
Mohamed Salah and directing the laser beam on his face to lose focus
The Egyptian Football Association had 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 shatter, 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 victory 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.
