Former Egyptian international striker Ahmed Hossam Mido revealed details of a football scandal and a ignoble plot against the Algerian team during the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, whose hero was the Egyptian team and its competitor Cameroon.
Ahmed Hossam Mido confirmed last night, Thursday, while he was the guest of the show “With Schubert” on the Egyptian channel “On Time”, that the Egyptian team and the Cameroonian team were conspiring at the time against the Algerian team, their competitor. in the third group, to exclude it from the group phase. Mido recounted the details of the odious plot, recalling that Algeria faced Zimbabwe on 30 February 2004, at the same time as Egypt met its rival Cameroon for the third round of the third pool competitions of the 2004 Cannes Championship in Tunisia. .
The former striker of the “Pharaohs” battalion went on to point out that an agreement had been reached between the Egyptian team and his Cameroonian counterpart, at the beginning of the second half, to finish their match on a draw and blank, to climb together in the second round, as Algeria finished its first half on a draw and blank against Zimbabwe.
Hossam Mido added that the technical staff of the Egyptian national team had informed him that Algeria was tied in the first half with Zimbabwe, adding that he had asked the Cameroonian players Song and Eto'o to finish the match on a draw and blank, so that Egypt, accompanied by Cameroon, qualified for the second round, in case the "Greens" lost two goals.
The spokesperson continued to narrate details of the odious plot against the Algerian national team, revealing that after the agreement, the second half of the match between Egypt and Cameroon witnessed no significant attack on both goals.
Star Mido revealed that the technical staff of the Egyptian team was very angry, after the end of the match "Pharaohs" and "The Untamed Lions" in a draw, due to the Zimbabwean team's win over Algeria by two to one, pointing out that their anger intensified because no one told them the result of the match between Algeria and Zimbabwe.
After Egypt and Cameroon conspired to exclude the "desert warriors", and their separation on the impact of a draw, Hussein Ashio's goal against Zimbabwe allowed the Algerian team to reach the second round of the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, and finally eliminate Egypt.