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Egypt Pressures CAF to be Lenient on Zamalek After Soccer Pitch Invasion

Egypt Pressures CAF to be Lenient on Zamalek After Soccer Pitch Invasion

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Apr 04, 2011
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Egypt Pressures CAF to be Lenient on Zamalek After Soccer Pitch Invasion
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Egyptian soccer officials are pressing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to limit the damage their country will suffer as a result of this weekend’s invasion of the pitch by militant fans of crowned Cairo club Zamalek SC’s African championship against Tunisia’s Club Africain.
CAF spokesman Amr Shaheen said Zamalek faces up to a three-year ban f…

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