Egypt claim players were subjected to racism before World Cup play-off against Senegal

Egypt has lodged an official complaint against their neighbor, accusing them of being subjected to racism and being terrorised by home fans.

The World Cup place of Sadio Mane and his team-mates was sealed when he won the penalty shoot out.

Green laser pointers were used to target Egypt captain Salah during the shoot out.

The Egypt team bus is said to have been attacked.

The Egyptian Football Association said in a statement that it had lodged a formal complaint against its counterpart in Senegalese before the match.

The statement said that the Egyptian team was subjected to racism after offensive banners in the stands aimed at the players.

The Egyptian players were attacked by the Senegalese fans with bottles and stones during the warm-up and the Egyptian team bus was attacked with pictures and videos attached to the complaint.

The EFA shared images of the damage to the team bus and an offensive banner directed at the player.

In the World Cup play-off match, the capacity of the new 50,000-seater stadium was filled to capacity.

Six weeks after their triumph in the Africa Cup of Nations, the victors of that tournament beat Egypt in a penalty shoot out to win a place at the tournament in November.

Green lasers shone on the face of the forward as he prepared to take his penalty.

The 29-year-old had to be escorted down the tunnel by security personnel as supporters threw objects.

Augustin Senghor is the president of the Senegalese Federation and the vice-president of the Confederation of African Football.

The projectiles thrown from the stands were not paying attention to. In Cairo, there were a lot of these used in specific countries. It isn't used to that.

He said that he didn't see anything that could be considered chauvinism because the Senegalese are known to be welcoming.