Egyptian Football National Team will play in Alexandria after FIFA sanction
Egypt has decided to play their home games in the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers in the military-owned stadium of Borg El-Arab following the FIFA sanction forcing the team to play two matches out of their home ground.
“We sent an official notification to the CAF (Confederation of African Football) saying that Borg El-Arab will be our official home ground during the qualifiers,” Egypt’s team director Samir Adli told MENA Thursday.
The Pharaohs were forced to play a couple of games out of their home ground after attacks on Algeria’s team bus in November 2009 during a World Cup qualifier game. The seven-time African champions will face the Central African Republic in CAN 2013 in June and kick off their Brazil 2014 campaign in the same month, as they have been paired with Guinea, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in Group G.
