While FIFA’s verdict on Algeria’s appeal to replay the 2022 World Cup play-off match between Algeria and Cameroon keeps the fans of the two nations in suspense, an article which would have been published by the very serious French media ” L’Équipe” caused trouble on social networks this week! Indeed, and as revealed by Fennec Football, the famous sports daily would have presented on the day of April 22 an incendiary publication entitled “Verdict Fifa: Algeria Cameroon replayed on May 7” before deleting the article in question a few moments later. late ! It was enough for the information to go around social networks and for several Algerian media as well as many Internet users to share a capture of the article en masse.
Unfortunately for Algerian fans (and fortunately for Cameroonian fans) the truth is quite different: The so-called “L’Équipe” article is nothing more than a bad taste photo montage that has caused trouble among many football enthusiasts. The French media has therefore in no way relayed such ineptitude. Moreover, the date of May 7 presented in the photo montage does not include the FIFA days which will begin at the end of May 2022. It should be noted that according to the communication officer of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), Salah Bey- Abboud, the Algerian leaders have still not received any feedback from the world body: “Until now we have not received any feedback from FIFA. We also do not know if this case is the responsibility of the Disciplinary Committee or the Arbitration Committee. We believe that the decision will be announced in the next few days,” assured the Algerian leader on local television this weekend. This so-called article from “L’Équipe” is therefore nothing more than a photo montage, intended to sow confusion among Algerian supporters. The French media has therefore in no way relayed such information. This false rumor has misled many Algerian football lovers, but unfortunately the truth is quite different. The appeal of the Algerian team is still being examined by FIFA. We will have more concrete information soon. This Sunday, Djamel Belmadi spoke about the arbitration and more particularly the controversial decisions of Bakary Gassama during the return play-off against Cameroon (1-2, ap), which led the FAF to file an appeal at the level of the Fifa. On this subject, nearly a month later, Belmadi is far from having digested.
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