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Article: D-Day looms in African soccer's desert war.(Sports)
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- Pretoria News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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BYLINE: the independent
As the 2010 World Cup qualifying draws to a close around the globe in the next seven days, you will be hard-pressed to find a more ill-willed, bad-blooded and potentially explosive denouement to any campaign than the one likely to unfold when Egypt face Algeria at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday.
The pre-match atmosphere has become so heated that Fifa has warned both national associations to behave.
"We feel it is timely to remind you that Fifa is clearly monitoring all the activities around this match-day," the world governing body said in a letter.
Fifa officials will arrive in the Egyptian capital ...