The curious tale of the Egyptian team’s robbery in South Africa
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
“Five players have reported a case of theft, with the total sums lost amounting to US$2,400. The period when the money could have disappeared is from the time they left the hotel for the match [against Italy] until this morning when we were notified. All the players had a safe in their rooms and were given information on how to operate those services, but for one reason or other they did not follow the instructions.” - Thembi Nkhwashu, a spokesperson for the Gauteng South African Police Services, June 19, 2009.
“We have confirmed that some of the [Egyptian] players brought prostitutes [after beating Italy], whom they picked up on Oxford Road [in Rosebank], to their hotel rooms and we have strong suspicions that they were cleaned out by those ladies of the night.” - a police officer as quoted by the Sunday World, June 21, 2009.
“They could have come up with the robbery claims to avoid being caught out or embarrassed by their spouses and girlfriends back home in Egypt. No money was taken from the safe, but we have heard that they had been drinking and womanising, and the same women later robbed them. We have reason to believe that they brought the women on to the premises and were celebrating with them before they were robbed of their money.” - a senior policeman as quoted by IOL.co.za, June 21, 2009.
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June 21st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
and they have the nerve to do the sajda when they scored… knobjockeys
June 21st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
shame on you that’s fabricated
June 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
You’re right Mi5a, there’s no way football players would ever cheat on their spouses with prostitutes …
June 21st, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Mi5a i think is being sarcastic.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 am
i cant believe all this matter i think its a security issue i have never heard such things about the egyptian players before
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 am
كانت خطة لشغل المنتخب عن المباراة
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:40 am
These claims have absolutely nothing to do with the truth, actually they are so fake as well, the police authorities in south Africa are trying to justify the lack of safety because they know that this will affect their image before the awaited world cup 2010 in south africa, the police claims are so fake and can’t even believed by little kids.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 am
Ahmed, just because you’re from a similar geographic location…
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm
for ur information the brazil national team aslo reported a robbery … come on guys that’s is so obvious
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 am
hockers story is fake cause brazilian team had beed robbered also and egyptian players are married and they are fully manared and relegious