Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- The frightened look on the Algerian players' faces said it all. Standing in the center of the Cairo International Stadium, the 11 players representing the Desert Foxes were subjected to a barrage of boos and screams from the 100,000-strong crowd, drowning out every single note of their national anthem. Egypt versus Algeria has always been considered one of the fiercest rivalries in world football, but this age-old dual took a new dimension when the two met in a winner-takes-all match for a place in the 2010 World Cup finals. Egypt had to win by three clear goals to go through, or win 2-0 to force a play off.Egypt played Algeria in a winner takes all battle for a place at the World Cup.Violence, stoked by both country's media, broke out as Algeria qualify.The match created a diplomatic incident between Egypt and Algeria.President Mubarak has personally intervened in the row. 
 Question:With the Egyptian league cancelled weeks before the match, so that the team could prepare for the decider, a media war had broken out between _ and Egypt to fill the vacuum.

Desert Foxes