US EditionSadio Mane’s Senegal Rage After Losing AFCON Title with Furious Reaction
CAF Appeals Board ruled Senegal forfeited the 2025 AFCON final due to procedural breaches, awarding Morocco a 3-0 win; Senegal plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- On Tuesday, the Confederation of African Football Appeals Board overturned the 2025 AFCON final result, awarding the championship to host Morocco after the Royal Moroccan Football Federation's appeal was declared "admissible in form."
- The controversy stems from the January 18 final in Rabat, where Senegal's team walked off the pitch after a disputed VAR penalty, prompting the FRMF to file a formal complaint.
- Officials determined the Senegalese Football Federation violated Articles 82 and 84 of the Africa Cup of Nations Regulations by leaving the field, resulting in a 3-0 forfeit loss to Morocco.
- Denouncing the ruling as "unfair, unprecedented and unacceptable," the FSF announced it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to defend its interests.
- Morocco is now credited as champion while the FSF pursues its legal challenge, marking a dramatic reversal from the tournament where Senegal originally clinched the title 1-0 on January 18.
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Morocco is to win the Africa Cup, although Senegal won the final. The decision of the CAF to take Senegal's title expresses a contempt for all football players in Africa.
The day after the decision of the CAF, which deprives them of their title for the benefit of the Moroccan team, the Senegalese announced their intention to refer the matter to the Arbitral Tribunal for Sport. How did this happen, and are there still some twists?
The football world is astonished, because the withdrawal of the Africa Cup title for Senegal is a hopeless farce, in which the Fifa and Gianni Infantino are undoubtedly also playing along. The appeal committee of the Africa Association CAF evaluated the final with 3-0 for Morocco.
The withdrawal of the Africa Cup title for Senegal's football player is a unique process – and a farce. But this case does not only play in Africa, but above all also in the Fifa.
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