Senegal

2022 - 3 - 30

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Objects Thrown At Mo Salah As Security Escort Egypt Star From ... (Sports Illustrated)

Salah had earlier missed Egypt's first spot-kick, before Sadio Mane scored the final penalty to send Senegal to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Egypt only ...

"The Egyptian group's busses have also been exposed to assaults that led to broken windows and injuries; filed with pictures and videos as proof in the complaint submitted." "The crowd also intimidated the players by throwing bottles and rocks on them during the warm-up. It read: "The Egypt national team have been exposed to racism with offensive signs in the stands against the Egyptian players in general, and Mohamed Salah in particular.

Egypt protests alleged racism after World Cup qualifier loss to Senegal (The Washington Post)

Mohamed Salah, others were targeted by laser pointers during World Cup qualifier and the football association says the team bus was attacked in Dakar.

Additionally, the Egyptian mission’s buses were attacked, causing their windows to break, injuring and wounding some, which was documented with photos and videos that were taken and risen with the complaint.” Senegal isn’t used to that.” The Egyptian Football Association lodged an official complaint, saying its team had been “terrorized” by fans and that the team bus had been attacked.

Egypt FA accuses Senegal fans of racially terrorising their players (Ticker NEWS)

The Egyptian Football Association has accused Senegal fans of Racism and violence during their World Cup Qualifying match. The Egyptian Football Association ...

“The Egyptian team’s buses were attacked, which resulted in their windows being broken and in injuries to some individuals.” The Egyptian Football Association claims their team was subjected to racial abuse from the Senegal fans, particularly the team’s captain Mohamad Salah. The Egyptian Football Association has accused Senegal fans of Racism and violence during their World Cup Qualifying match

Senegal vs. Egypt - Football Match Report - March 29, 2022 - ESPN (ESPN)

Get a report of the Senegal vs. Egypt 2022 World Cup Qualifying - CAF, Third Round football match.

"I was not worried about how they'll manage the game mentally. In the shootout, the first four penalties were wasted before Sarr put Senegal ahead and Bamba Dieng made it 2-1 before Edouard Mendy saved from Mostafa Mohamed. Mane hit the decisive spot kick as the hosts prevailed to book a spot at the World Cup for the third time in the country's history. Senegal beat Egypt in a penalty shootout after dominating a thrilling, end-to-end match on Tuesday to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar as their two-legged CAF playoff finished 1-1 on aggregate.

Egypt accuses Senegal of racism, violence at World Cup qualifier (Aljazeera.com)

The Egyptian Football Association says the team was subjected to racism after offensive banners, and fans threw bottles.

Senegal isn’t used to that.” Those lasers were notably seen on Salah prior to him missing his penalty. The teams missed the first four penalties of the shootout. Egypt missed three of its four penalties. FIFA said in a statement to Sky News Sports that it was “currently in the process of analysing the official match reports of the FIFA World Cup qualifier match between Senegal and Egypt”. The association said it was submitting the complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Egypt FA accuses Senegal fans of racism after dramatic World Cup ... (CNN)

The Egyptian Football Association has claimed its men's national team was subject to racism during a defeat in its FIFA World Cup playoff match against ...

World football's governing body told CNN it was "in the process of analyzing the official match reports." "The Egyptian team was subjected to racism after offensive banners appeared in the stadium stands against the players, specifically against Mohamed Salah, the team leader," the statement read, which was accompanied with pictures of the incidents. "Additionally, the Egyptian mission's buses were attacked, causing their windows to break, injuring and wounding some, which was documented with photos and videos that were taken and risen with the complaint."

Did laser pointers lead to Egypt World Cup elimination? Senegal ... (Sporting News)

Senegal defeated Egypt on a penalty shootout to secure World Cup qualification, but not without controversy as multiple Senegal fans used a flood of green ...

Each nation missed its first two attempts, with Zizo and Salah's misses cancelled out by Saliou Ciss and Kalidou Koulibaly both failing to find the back of the net. The laser pointers, clearly coming from Senegal fans and concentrated mostly on Egypt players and coaches, were present throughout the 90 minutes of play, and even before the kickoff. It's impossible to truly know how much the laser pointing affected the Egyptian players, but game context and analysis gives a clearer picture. It's more likely that, if the lasers did affect the players, it would've affected them during the penalty shootout. Not just Salah, but any Egyptian player who was on the ball, or talking to the referee. As was the case just six weeks earlier in the AFCON title match, Senegal came out on top.