May 27, 2012
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FIFA calls meeting to discuss two World Cup playoffs
Thierry Henry
25 November 2009 / AP, ZURICH
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of its executive committee ahead of the World Cup draw in South Africa to deal with the fallout from Thierry Henry’s hand ball, violence at Algeria-Egypt games and match-fixing allegations in Europe.
FIFA said the meeting would take place Dec. 2, two days before the draw in Cape Town. FIFA’s statement did not reveal the incidents. However, there were several examples of fan violence before and after Algeria’s victory over Egypt in an African playoff, plus Henry’s hand ball that led to France advancing at Ireland’s expense.
The committee will also discuss match-fixing and betting scams being investigated in Germany and parts of central and eastern Europe. Algeria’s two games against Egypt came 20 years after riots on and off the field marred a meeting of the two African nations and there was more trouble this time.
Crowds in Cairo hurled stones at the Algerian team’s bus before a first match in Cairo on Nov. 14, injuring three players. Egypt won 2-0, forcing the playoff. And in the following days, mobs in Algeria ransacked the offices of Egyptian companies.
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