CAIRO (Update 1) - Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has said that he will meet with the nation's sports officials to discuss the possibility of cancelling this season's local soccer premier league after fans invaded the pitch during a match between Zamalek of Egypt and a Tunisian team on Saturday night. "It is not acceptable to expose people to fear and intimidation," Sharaf told a prive TV late on Saturday. The Egyptian Premier offered apology to Tunisian and the Tunisian team. "Those who invaded the pitch are hooligans," he added. Hundreds of Zamalek supporters invaded the pitch during their team's African Champions League clash with Tunisia's Club Africain causing the game to be abandoned. Zamalek were winning 2-1 when the Egyptian side's third goal was ruled out, angering the home fans who took over the pitch and forced the Algerian referee to leave. It was the second leg of the round of 32 tie. Club Africain beat Zamalek 4-2 in the first leg. An Egyptian official in the Ministry of health said nine people were injured in the incident. The incident revived the soccer tension between Egypt and Algeria of the recent past. Algeria and Egypt had a diplomatic row late in 2009 over an ill-tempered qualification match for the World Cup. Both sides traded accusations about crowd violence and intimidation and Cairo withdrew its ambassador from Algiers.
