{"id":362390,"date":"2011-04-03T01:50:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T01:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/angry-soccer-fans-rush-the-field-in-cairo\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T01:50:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T01:50:39","slug":"angry-soccer-fans-rush-the-field-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/angry-soccer-fans-rush-the-field-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry soccer fans rush the field in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"55.817307692308\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"30\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Egypt&#8217;s Zamalek was playing Tunisia&#8217;s Club Africain in an African Champions League match<\/li>\n<li>Crowds rushed the field once a goal was disallowed for an offside call<\/li>\n<li>The Egyptian Football Association issues an apology<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Angry crowds stormed a soccer field in Cairo Saturday during a match between Tunisia&#8217;s Club Africain and Egypt&#8217;s Zamalek, forcing the game to be cancelled, Zamalek said.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian team was up 2-1 in the African Champions League match when its third goal was disallowed for an offside call, prompting crowds to rush the field.<\/p>\n<p>Amateur video shot at the match shows a chaotic scene as fans run across the pitch and topple barricades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police were protecting the referee and that angered the fans even more and everyone ran down to the field. People were kicking and hitting the players too. It was amazing,&#8221; said CNN iReporter Fatima Puskar.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian Football Association offered an apology to the Tunisians and called for an emergency meeting Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Club Africain said its players and coaches left the stadium and arrived safely back at their hotel. The team is scheduled to arrive Sunday in Tunis.<\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Kamal Ghattas contributed to this report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/TW8zRFZ9kjI\/index.html\" title=\"Angry soccer fans rush the field in Cairo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angry soccer fans rush the field in Cairo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS Egypt&#8217;s Zamalek was playing Tunisia&#8217;s Club Africain in an African Champions League match Crowds rushed the field once a goal was disallowed for an offside call The Egyptian Football Association issues an apology (CNN) &#8212; Angry crowds stormed a soccer field in Cairo Saturday during a match between Tunisia&#8217;s Club Africain and Egypt&#8217;s Zamalek, forcing the game to be cancelled, Zamalek said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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