Egypt and Algeria request for World Cup playoffs replays

Algeria and Egypt have appealed to FIFA requesting replays of their 2022 World Cup playoffs.

On Thursday, the Algerian Football Federation at a press conference filed an appeal with FIFA about their match against Cameroon.

Algeria was defeated 2-1 at home by the Indomitable Lions, who clinched a trip to Qatar.

The North Africans have stated that they were unhappy with the way the game was conducted by the Gambian referee, Bakary Gassama.

“Faf officially lodges an appeal with Fifa against the scandalous arbitration which distorted the result of the match,” the federation said in its statement.

“We are determined to use all the legally permitted votes to have their rights restored and to replay the match under conditions guaranteeing the honesty and partiality of the arbitration.”

Egypt has also said that they would request that their game against Senegal be replayed.

“We asked for a replay of the match because the match was held in a strange atmosphere, and if we had lost in normal circumstances, we would have congratulated Senegal,” said Gamal Allam, who is the head of the Egyptian FA.

“We will present what happened to the disciplinary committee in the federation and await a response. There are many things that happened with us in the match. Our players were attacked.

“Mohamed Salah had the most share of the Senegalese fans’ attack on him, which tried to intimidate the players as well, and we asked that the board of directors be on the bench of the match, but they refused.”