USM Alger requests 5000 tickets for cup game

Officials at Algerian football club USM Alger have disclosed that they have requested 5000 tickets from Mouloudia Club d'Oran for away supporters to attend the semi-final of the Algerian Cup on Saturday. The Stade Ahmed Zabana in Oran has a capacity of 40,000, and representatives from Mouloudia are yet to make a decision over the number of tickets to be allocated to USM Alger fans. Footballing chiefs at Mouloudia Club d'Oran had requested that the match takes place at the 20,000-seater Stade Habib Bouakeul, the home of ASM Oran. However, the Algeria Football Federation (FAF) ordered for the tie to be played at the larger Stade Ahmed Zabana.