South African media emerge after the supremacy of Egypt. Officials blame "politics" and Kaff

The anger of the South African media surfaced when the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced that Egypt had won the 2019 Nations Cup of Nations instead of Cameroon.

The CAF had decided to open the door to African countries to host the 2019 after the withdrawal of Cameroon 's organization, so that Egypt and South Africa will win the prize. organization.

After Al-Kaf announced the superiority of Egypt and its victory within the organization after 16 votes of the KAF Executive Committee and a vote for South Africa, reactions appeared in the southern media and statements of officials of the Football Federation.

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The South African Press City newspaper reported to the organization the loss of his country, in which he had called a report "the football federation has thrown the burden on our team in the usual way".

"Egypt has had the honor of organizing the Africa Cup of Nations as a burden for our national team to qualify for the tournament," said the newspaper at the beginning of its report.

"Our confrontation with Libya will be crucial for participation after we have lost all hope of qualifying for the organization of the competition.The final match of the playoffs is the remaining hope for the tournament."

"The face of Libya is good for us, it will certainly change our state of mind, I want to learn from it," said Sundowns coach Petso Musimani.

"It's good for us, good for the players' mentality, they have to tell the players that when they work, they qualify and we have a good experience."

South Africa must win or tie with Libya in Tunisia to protect the African Nations in 2019 and Nigeria, with nine points over Libya with seven points.

The policy governs

DANI JORDAN, president of the South African Football Federation (FFA), said the political factors had been heavily influenced by the voting process between his country and Egypt to choose one for the UN Cup .

Jordan's comments on the subject correspond exactly to another opinion published by the newspaper City Press, which talks about the unity of Arab countries as well as Egypt's case against South Africa.

"If we compare South Africa and Egypt, we certainly have the infrastructure and the experience," Jordan told City Press.

"But this is the policy that governs Arab countries such as the United Ring and the FAC headquarters in Cairo." We asked CAF to give us details about our government's expectations, but we we have not received a clear answer ".

Great anger

"There is a high probability that political factors have influenced Egypt's preference for South Africa," the Times Live said, clearly confirmed Russell Paul, executive director of the South African Football Association .

"Of course, I'm not qualified to talk about politics, but football is full of politics, so I think it's a strong option," Russell said.

Rosell's answer came after he asked if the important African support for Egypt came from the fact that South Africa was supporting Morocco in hosting the World Cup. 2026 and favored the joint record of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

"Technically, without arrogance, no country in Africa can compare to us in terms of preparation or infrastructure."

"When we entered the race to host the 2010 World Cup, South Africa was ranked first and Egypt last."

"It was before all the preparations were over and the stadiums were over, which has improved a lot with the start of the tournament, so there is no factor that could favor the whole event." 39; Egypt. "

"The biggest challenge for us lies in the time we have opened our doors, witnessing holidays in Christian countries."

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