“Quite terrible” “Too blatant” Laser irradiation in World Cup Africa qualifying interferes with Egyptian players: J-CAST News[Full text]

Soccer World Cup Qatar Tournament Africa Final Qualifying Round 2 Senegal vs Egypt was held on March 29, 2022 in Senegal Diamniadi, Egypt national team FW Mohamed Salah (29) was disturbed by a laser pointer Several foreign media reported.


  • Mohamed Salah (Photo: PA Images / Afro)

  • Mohamed Salah (Photo: PA Images / Afro)

“Targeted by a green laser”

The qualifying was held at Home & Away, and in the first round, Egypt at home won 1-0. Round 2 took place at Senegal’s home, where Senegal won 1-0. Since the total of the two games was 1-1, he entered the extra time but couldn’t settle and got involved in the penalty shootout.

Egyptian Ace Salah appeared as the first player in the penalty shootout, but the shot from his left foot was out of the box. Egypt, whose nose was crushed, eventually lost the penalty shootout 1-3 and missed the World Cup. On the other hand, Senegal has participated in the World Cup for the third time in two consecutive tournaments.

The British media “Eurosports” (WEB version) published an article on March 30 with a title such as “Mohamed Salah was targeted by a green laser” with a video of Laser Point capturing the face of Salah. did.

Lasers on Egyptian players during the match

According to the article, dozens of lasers were aimed at Salah before he fired a shot at PK. And it is said that the laser was aimed at the Egyptian player during the match by the supporters of the home.

The British media “Daily Express” (WEB version) published an article on March 29, immediately after the match, and Senegalese supporters tried to offend players in rival countries, so Salah and Egyptian players were with Green Laser. He said he was forced to fight.

The disturbing scene was spread among Japanese soccer fans, and on Twitter, comments were received such as “quite terrible”, “too blatant”, “what about the referee who says nothing with this?”, “I really have sympathy for Salah”. ing.

Salah participated in the 2012 London Olympics and the 2018 World Cup Russia, and is extremely popular in his native Egypt. He is currently playing in Liverpool, the English Premier League, scoring a total of 100 Premier League goals in September 2009.

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