Comments on: Egypt 2-0 Algeria: Emad Moteab’s 95th Minute Goal Forces a World Cup Playoff

By: Salah M

Salah M — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:42:27 +0000

Hey EgyptForever! Go to Youtube and listen to your star anchor comments (the hysterical fat bold guy)…… to be fair, you have to listen to what he said after Egypt won on Nov 14 2009 in Cairo – by the way, no mention of what happened to the Algerian players and fans obviously – vs. what he ended up saying after the loss in Sudan. Once you do that, I’ll let you judge who’s the lunatic in the story: Algeria is not the first Nation to witness such tactics from the Egyptians to win a game (ask Tunisia, Morocco or Nigeria) but hey, you can tell us about your pyramids while we celebrate our qualification.
I feel your pain but I’ll let you deal with it )

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:25:58 +0000

JUSTICE

By: Egyptforever

Egyptforever — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:59 +0000

Excuse me guys but those who just read the papers and reports mainly published by Algerian news reports in Cairo who actually went so far as reporting fake deaths of Algerians need to really wake up and smell the coffee. The idiotic Algerian team players while they tried to frame the Egyptians for the FIFA to cancel the game, actually shot themselves with their camera smashing their own bus to frame the Egyptians in order to move the game outside. Only Pathetic losers do that . The incidents in the first game in Algeria as well as their riots in France , Egypt and Sudan just shows how far the Algerians are desperately willing to go in order to reach the World Cup. This makes me sick and it doesn’t take a genius to know who started this mess. So Jose or whatever your name is go do some research and start by checking the websites of the Algerian Newspapers. You will be surprised how could these lunatics call themselves journalists in the first place. The fabricate complete stories and the result is what we are having today.. It makes no odd to me or any Egyptian if Non- Egyptians may support Algeria because we believe in ourselves and need no one’s sympathy . However, we have always been generous and friendly people but we will not let some goons step on our toes and tarnish our reputation just for the sake of qualifying to the world cup on our account. The Egyptian Team won the 2006- 2008 consequentially and don’t need the help of hooligans to win a game because they are the current African Champions.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:43 +0000

Yeah, I think we’re done here

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:20:55 +0000

and the point of the story I made a mistake on is that there is history of both sides being in the wrong. Nothing more, nothing less. I stand by my statement and urge people to judge based on football and nothing else…

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:13:05 +0000

Oh my fault. I thought it was 2. sorry. No intention of lying…

And I could care less who you root for. I posted that people should judge based on football only- you replied… I replied with why you should only base on football and you arent buying it. Go ahead and judge by whatever you want. I was just pointing out to everyone that often situations are just judged by the latest/ most talked about incident- and football is supposed to be above politics/ bickering…

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:58:26 +0000

Ok, looking things up, Egypt lost a 1 goal lead in Egypt to Algeria in 2001. Not two. And it still wouldn’t have sent Egypt to the World Cup.. why did you lie?

Look, in the end, it REALLY doesn’t make a difference who I root for (honestly, I was surprised you cared so much to begin with). But I am not talking about years ago. Two wrongs don’t make a right, I am sorry that you don’t believe that.

It is really very simple: three Algerian players got injured the day before a match because Egyptian security forces failed to protect them. If anything, FIFA should have had the sense to postpone the match. Algerians played injured (look at the head bands in the game), so the game was unfair from the beginning. You couldn’t judge it on football… in fact, from what we can see, Algeria was better than Egypt in Algeria and were bested by Egypt in Cairo because they were playing injured and were scored on on a botched offside call. I feel sorry for what the Algerian team has been put through, so I hope they go through.

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:47:23 +0000

You are still ignoring the FACT that similar things have happened when Egypt has played in Algeria. It is a FACT that the game that was supposed to send Egypt to the World Cup in 2002 had to be stopped on multiple occasions, for over 45 minutes, because fans were throwing rocks at the team on the pitch. Egypt gave up their 2-0 lead and the draw kept them from qualifying.

But I am not complaining. These things are disgusting and unfortunate but they are the result of political and economic structures that promote them. Basing your support based on one said incident is unfair.

In the end I do not care who you root for but I suggest that football be the only factor- because there is way too much to account for otherwise.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:35:59 +0000

Ok let me be more specific: I know other people have gone farther, but I am talking about a team of Algerian players, the fans who injured them, and the irresponsible organization who failed to take action. Forget everything else: see that these 30 or so men (the Algerian team + staff) got a raw deal. I for one would like to see that corrected, but as I said, in the end the better team will win.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:28:09 +0000

Let’s get this very straight: I’m not rooting against Egypt. I am supporting Algeria because of what they’ve been through is seriously shameful, and if FIFA had any sense (i.e. if they treated Algeria like they would have treated, say, England had this happened to them), they would have not been put in the situation they are in. Their ability to play football on a fair level with Egypt was compromised. So if there is any sense of fairness to this whole mess, Algeria would have either already gone through or had the game delayed.

It’s out of sympathy for Algeria not contempt for Egypt.