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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Algeria and Egypt faced each other on Tuesday in a nerve-racking 1-1 draw in the FIFA Arab Cup, which was played at Qatar’s new Al-Janoub Stadium. The draw grabbed attention after it left the top spot in Group D – between Egypt and Algeria – to be decided by FIFA fair play rules which compare the number of yellow and red cards collected by each team during the tournament. This saw the Egyptian Pharaohs go ahead of old rivals, Les Verts of Algeria. The two North African football teams have a long history of intense rivalry and repeated “hate matches”, sometimes spilling out into violence. In 19…