Written By John Mutiso
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has filed an official complaint to FIFA after the controversies that surrounded their penalty shootout loss to Senegal on Tuesday night, which included the Egypt bus being attacked.
Ahead of the game, Egypt’s bus was reportedly attacked by a mob of Senegalese supporters, as reported by the EFA to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football, while Salah and his teammates were also said to be subjected to racist abuse and acts intimidation during their warm-up.
In an official statement, the EFA claimed injuries were caused during the attack on their team bus.
“The Egyptian Football Association have lodged a formal complaint against its Senegalese counterpart to the match observer, the security official, CAF, and FIFA, before the start of the match between the two teams,” the federation said.
“The Egyptian team was subjected to racism after the appearance of offensive banners in the stands aimed at the players, specifically Mohamed Salah.”
“Moreover the Senegalese fans terrorized the Egyptian players by throwing bottles and stones at them during the warm-up, as well as attacking the Egyptian team bus, which caused glass shattering and some injuries, which was documented with pictures and videos attached to the complaint.”
Egypt’s dreams of reaching the World Cup in Qatar were shattered following a penalty shootout defeat to Senegal that saw Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Sayed Zizo, and Mostafa Mohamed all miss from the spot.
