Mali's victory over Tunisia (1-0), a shortened CAN match which caused controversy, has been approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), it announced on the night of Thursday to Friday. The organizing committee of CAF competitions has also decided "
the rejection of the reservation formulated by the Tunisian team
", it is specified in a press release.
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On Wednesday in Limbé for the Africa Cup of Nations, Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe had whistled the end of the match too early, twice, finally stopping it a few seconds from the end of the 90 minutes regulation, without playing additional time.
This extremely rare incident had infuriated the Tunisian team, who still hoped to equalize.
This “
inexplicable
” decision, according to the coach of the “
Aigles de Carthage
” Mondher Kebaier, was considered “
scandalous
” by the Tunisian press.
The referee was probably unwell, by 35°C and 65% humidity at the start of the afternoon, according to a source at CAF, which would explain his mistake.