@SparklyKatie Said 
Algeria player Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist across the face as the aftermath of the USA?s dramatic World Cup victory turned ugly at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday night.
While walking through the interview zone, Saifi spotted writer Asma Halimi, who works for Algerian newspaper Competition, and struck her with his open hand in front of dozens of witnesses. Halimi responded by striking the player in the mouth.
?I said nothing to him and he reached over and hit me,? Halimi said to Yahoo! Sports. ?So I hit him back. I said nothing to him first.?
It is understood that Saifi and Halimi had previously had a difference of opinion over an article she wrote for her newspaper.
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23062010/58/world-cup-2010-algerian-slaps-female-reporter.html
Kudos to her but what a douchebag he is.
By hitting him back, she lowered herself to his level. She should have had him arrested and prosecuted. She could then offer to drop the charges, but the price would be a public apology.
Making a man apologise for hitting her - and in public - is the worst thing he can possibly imagine. It is an affront to his ego. It wounds his masculine pride. It stings a man far more than any slap across the face ever could.
Sadly, she's taken an inappropriate form of retribution which resolves nothing and only lowers her to his level. Silly girl.
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Jun 23, 2010 @ 22:37:06
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