Egypt's Trezeguet and team director pushed by Dallas police officer before World Cup win over Australia

A Dallas police officer shoved Egypt player Trezeguet and team director Ibrahim Hassan at the squad’s hotel on Friday, hours before Egypt defeated Australia on penalties in their FIFA World Cup round-of-32 match in Dallas.

Egypt’s national team media officer Mohamed Morad told Reuters that a fan and his son had approached Hassan and Trezeguet to request a photo, which the team director approved. “However, a security officer intervened and pushed the fan, as well as Trezeguet and Ibrahim Hassan, even though the player and the team director were in their designated area,” Morad said. “Ibrahim then asked the security officer to deal with the fan in a normal manner.”

The Dallas Police Department confirmed it was aware of a video circulating on social media showing a heated interaction involving one of its officers. In a statement, the department said it had responded to the hotel at the request of hotel security regarding “an individual without event credentials attempting to gain access,” adding that it was later established the individuals had not been displaying credentials properly, which it described as a requirement.

“The situation was resolved on scene, and DPD met with representatives of the team to address their concerns,” the statement read. “The matter has since been resolved.”

Trezeguet was named among the substitutes and did not feature as Egypt progressed to the last 16 of the tournament, which is co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.