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DALLAS — An Egyptian team staffer was involved in an altercation Thursday with a Dallas police officer in the lobby of the team’s hotel, the night before the team’s knockout match against Australia.

A video circulated by Al Jazeera and other outlets shows a man identified as team manager Ibrahim Hassan, a longtime national team player and brother of Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan, in a verbal and physical confrontation with the officer, whose name hasn’t been released.

The video shows the officer trying to block Hassan from approaching two other people. The officer can be seen shouting “back off” and

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