A Cairo coffee house erupts, then goes silent as Egypt’s World Cup run meets Argentina
- The small coffee house in Cairo was turned Tuesday into a tiny stadium.
- Several hundred people, mostly men and boys as young as 7, gathered around wall-mounted screens ahead of the kickoff whistle.
- The scene played out across the soccer-mad nation as Egypt faced the defending World Cup champion in the round-of-16 fixture in Atlanta.
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- The small coffee house in Cairo was turned Tuesday into a tiny stadium.
- Several hundred people, mostly men and boys as young as 7, gathered around wall-mounted screens ahead of the kickoff whistle.
- The scene played out across the soccer-mad nation as Egypt faced the defending World Cup champion in the round-of-16 fixture in Atlanta.
Sources: The Independent