Algeria-Egypt play-off: Khartoum is destination of thousands fans

A total of 533 Algerian fans went to Khartoum from Cairo on Tuesday for World Cup qualification play-off while the Sudanese government says it is expecting 48 flights from Algeria and 18 from Egypt, with a further 2,000 fans from neighbouring Egypt.

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• An official at Air Algerie said all the fans in Egypt were transported in three flights.
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• Sudan allocated 9,000 seats for Algeria and Egypt each. Local authorities mobilised 15,000 policemen to prevent any violent acts among fans.
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• The play-off was decided by the FIFA after Egypt’s 2-0 home win over Algeria on Saturday.
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• Two days before the match, stonethrowing fans attacked the Algerian team’s bus in Egypt injuring four players.
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• Shortly after Saturday’s match, Algerian fans were attacked. Of them, at least 20 were injured while witnesses say a number of the fans were killed.
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• Algeria’s embassy in Cairo said no death case was reported among the fans.
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• Thousands of Algerian people have gathered in the city in support of the national team and hoping to buy plane tickets to Sudan.
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• Algerian government facilitated administrative procedures for fans to allow them reach Sudan and support the national team.
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• Algerian coach Rabeh Saadane said Wednesday’s match is another game for him. “We have forgotten what happened in Cairo. » 
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