The Egyptian Federation also announced that the Liverpool striker and his teammates had been racistly abused by Senegalese fans. Senegal qualified for the 2022 World Cup on penalties with Saido Mane scoring the winning kick, but football fans criticized the decision to allow the game to continue after Salah was targeted with a laser pen. He faced the penalty shootout with dozens of lights falling directly into his eyes, causing him to throw the ball directly over the crossbar. Image: Salah faced a crucial penalty shootout with dozens of lights falling directly on the eyes of Pic: Mola TV It means that two months after Senegal’s victory over Egypt on penalties for winning the African Cup of Nations, history repeats itself. The Egyptian Federation has now announced that its players – and in particular Salah – threw bottles and stones at them during the warm-up. Picture: A window on the team bus broke. Photo: EFA He also claims that Senegalese fans attacked the team’s bus as it approached the stadium. The Egyptian Federation posted photos of the incident on its official Instagram account, which showed broken windows on the bus and a fan holding a sign of abuse aimed at Salah. Picture: One of the players, pictured holding a rock that was apparently thrown at the team bus. Photo: EFA She said she had filed a formal complaint against her Senegalese counterpart. “The Egyptian group’s buses have also been exposed to attacks that resulted in broken windows and injuries; they were submitted with photos and videos as evidence in the complaint,” the EFA said.
