we don't need no stinkin tickets...
Posted on 11/10/2013 6:06:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
Fans, many with no tickets, tried to push their way into the stadium. A police car was damaged and traffic was briefly disrupted outside Arab Contractors Stadium. About 4,000 police officers using armored vehicles were stationed around the stadium.
There were no reports of injuries and the game appeared to go off without problems inside the stadium. Al Ahly extended its record to eight continental titles by beating South Africa’s Orlando Pirates 2-0 in the second leg of the final for a 3-1 total-goals victory.
Adly Mansour, Egypt’s interim president, and Hazem el-Beblawi, the interim prime minister, congratulated the team in a sign of the importance of the game for the national mood. El-Beblawi praised the players’ “high spirit, determination and will.”
Deputy Minister of Sport Basel Adel told state TV: “The fans were ideal in the stadium. There were some issues in the beginning outside.”
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I thought my fellow Raider fans were bad LOL!
Have rooted for the Raiders since the days of George Blanda. Heartbreaker today.
Orlando Pirates? We got another soccer team in Orlando?
Orlando City Lions (which are headed to MLS) would have beat Al Jazeera or whatever the Egypt team was
I thought they pull out that win MAN they sucks later on
we don't need no stinkin tickets...
Exactly.
Occupy Cairo.
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