Algeria player slaps female journalist

tommyhaas

Reckon she'd be a good addition to the RTE panel if she's gona provoke that sort of reaction

A female journalist has claimed Algeria footballer Rafik Saifi slapped her in the face after his side were knocked out of the World Cup. "I was waiting for the Algerian players. When Saifi came I just moved away. I felt a hit," Asma Halimi told BBC World Service.
The journalist, who works for Algerian newspaper Competition, said she had a disagreement with Saifi a year ago.
"I will make [a] complaint with Fifa and the police," she added.
The BBC World Service's Richard Connelly witnessed the incident in the mixed zone - an area where journalists and players congregate - after the match.
"Rafik Saifi slapped the face of journalist Asma Halifi," said Connelly.
"She hit him back as a reflex.


"He then threw a bottle of sports drink which missed and had to be restrained from attacking her again."
The BBC understands the altercation comes after a year of bad feelings between the pair.
"Saifi took exception to an interview that she translated and published in her newspaper," explained Connelly.
"There was a similar incident between the two last year. She's going to complain formally to Fifa and to the police later on tonight."
Halimi says that Saifi threatened that she will come to harm in Algeria.
An Algerian federation spokesman said he had no information about the incident and so could not comment.
There was nobody immediately available from Fifa.
The Algerians had just been knocked out of the World Cup after losing to an injury-time goal by Landon Donovan of the United States

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8757329.stm

x PyRo

About time someone slapped one of them in the face.

Bodhisopha

x PyRo wrote: »

About time someone slapped one of them in the face.

Yeah!

Women. :rolleyes:

Clemon

Them Algerians are mad ****ers

pickarooney

Nice sig^^

briany

It seems like Algerians have a chip on their shoulder . Violence in their playoff in qualification and cars overturned in Paris and general violence in the wake of their world cup exit and now this player slapping this journo woman. Are Algerians just hotheaded as a people or something?

AnCapaillMor

We're all missing the important point here, is she hot?

fullstop

briany wrote: »

It seems like Algerians have a chip on their shoulder . Violence in their playoff in qualification and cars overturned in Paris and general violence in the wake of their world cup exit and now this player slapping this journo woman. Are Algerians just hotheaded as a people or something?

Dunno but the majority of them were horrible fcukers in Paris after the playoff matches.

DB10

Who cares really....zero evidence.....journalist looking for a name, winding up a player.

She also hit him back. In certain countries she would be getting executed for her behaviour.

lordgoat

DB10 wrote: »

Who cares really....zero evidence.....journalist looking for a name, winding up a player.

She also hit him back. In certain countries she would be getting executed for her behaviour.

Zero evidence? Did you read the article? There's a direct quote from a witness...

FFS

mathie

He then threw a bottle of sports drink which missed

5hite both on and off the pitch.
:pac::pac::pac:

Coillte_Bhoy

fullstop wrote: »

Dunno but the majority of them were horrible fcukers in Paris after the playoff matches.

We must have been lucky. The few we met were dead sound.

Doyler92

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

We're all missing the important point here, is she hot?

She is now.