Algeria's soccer fans celebrate in Algiers

November 18, 2009, after Algeria defeated Egypt in their 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match. Algeria became the last African nation to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals on Wednesday, beating Egypt 1-0 in a bruising playoff in neutral Sudan.









Egypt's Mohamed Zidan (L) fights for the ball with Algeria's Samir Zaoui (C) and Rafik Halliche (R) during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Khartoum November 18, 2009.



French riot policemen stand guard near a destroyed car at a street in Roubaix after groups of people set fire to garbage cans and vehicles, plundered a store and threw stones at the fire brigade after Algeria beat Egypt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, early November 19, 2009.



Algeria's soccer fans celebrate in Algiers November 18, 2009, after Algeria defeated Egypt in their 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match. Algeria became the last African nation to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals on Wednesday, beating Egypt 1-0 in a bruising playoff in neutral Sudan.


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