The Algerian Soccer Federation stated late Wednesday {that a} bus crash has killed two members of its Ligue 1 facet Mouloudia El Bayadh and that it might postpone all video games scheduled for this week.
The federation stated the accident killed El Bayadh reserve goalkeeper Zakaria Bouziani, 27, and assistant coach Khalid Muftah. Bouziani made two league appearances this season.
“It’s with immense unhappiness that the president of the Algerian Soccer Federation, Walid Sadia . . . discovered of the tragic highway accident which left the membership in mourning. MC El-Bayadh, taking part in in skilled Ligue 1 Mobilis, and which led to the loss of life of two members of this membership,” the federation stated in a press release translated from French.
Native media stated the bus carrying the staff overturned within the city of Sougueur in northwestern Algeria on the way in which to Tizi Ouzou to play JSK Kabylie in a league recreation on Friday. The membership stated on social media that different injured staff members had been in secure situation.
“Within the wake of the painful tragedy that befell Algerian soccer . . . the Algerian Soccer Federation determined to droop all soccer actions scheduled for the top of this week throughout your entire nation,” it stated in a later assertion.
