Football : émeute au stade du Caire – 2 avril 2011

Football fans wounded while rushing field in Cairo to attack ref in African Champions League

The Associated Press

3 04 2011

CAIRO — Police say an unknown number of fans have been wounded while rushing a field in Cairo to attack a referee during an African Champions League match on Saturday.

Zamalek and Tunisian visitor Club Africain were at 1-1 when the referee waived off a Zamalek goal for offside three minutes into injury time.

Police say that prompted thousands among the 60,000-strong crowd to storm the field, leading to injuries, and players also fought each other. Police say they intervened to help the ref, who immediately cancelled the match. Read more…

Chaos at Cairo football match

aljazeera.net

After a goal by Egypt’s Zamalek team was disallowed,angry fans stormed the pitch, attacking the rival Tunisian team.

02 Apr 201

An incredible scene took place at Cairo’s main stadium during the much-anticipated match between top Egyptian team Zamalek and Tunisia’s Club African.

Club African, which beat Zamalek 4-2 in an earlier match nearly two weeks ago, was again ahead 2-1 on Saturday.

But the game broke down after thousands Egyptian fans invaded the pitch, and according to Ahramonline, three Tunisian players are missing, with Egyptian fans damaging the stadium when a Zamalek goal was nixed for an offside.

The Egyptian players can clearly be seen forming a human shield around the Tunisian players in an attempt to protect them from the angry mob.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Cairo, said that the stadium was not heavily guarded. « There was a lack of police personnel, » said Khodr.

« Local and international matches have been suspended over the past weeks as a result of the uprising. They only resumed recently. » Read more…