Some also contend that Port Said is still getting the cold shoulder from Cairo after a 1999 assassination attempt of then-President Hosni Mubarak , who was visiting the city . NEW : Presidential spokesman promises investigation of police who beat protester . Saturday 's matches are the first since last year 's deadly football riot . 74 people were injured after a Port Said team beat a Cairo team in 2012 . A judged sentences 21 Port Said residents to death for their role in the riot .
NEW : Presidential spokesman promises investigation of police who beat protester . Saturday 's matches are the first since last year 's deadly football riot . 74 people were injured after a Port Said team beat a Cairo team in 2012 . A judged sentences 21 Port Said residents to death for their role in the riot .