Morocco are AFCON Champs

[weimaranerblues]

Morocco have been declared winners of the afcon, after appeal , CAF overturned result, 3-0 ..footy is fucked

[Shogun]

What?

[weimaranerblues]

Thought it was a joke myself. Seriously

[Gash]

Jesus Christ! Honestly they want to be viewed as a credibile tournament and then they do shit like this.

[Cereal Killer]

Corrupt

[Jamokachi]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 949glzzglo

Madness!

[blueToffee]

Wow. Ndiaye and Gueye must be gutted. Although maybe on some level, you just can't take this seriously? It must be seen as a joke to so many...maybe they can appeal it to?

[Audrey Horne]

Insanity

[Jamokachi]

As much of a shitshow as this is, the rules are pretty clear:

Caf added that "through the conduct of its team" Senegal infringed on Article 82 of regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations and as a result Article 84 became applicable.

Article 82 states that if a team refuses to play or leaves the field before the end of regulation time without the referee's authorisation, it will be considered the loser and eliminated from the competition.

Article 84 complements this provision, stating that any team that violates Articles 82 will be permanently eliminated and will lose the match 3-0.

Not sure Senegal have a leg to stand on here

[TheRam]

They did walk off the pitch like.

[CannockPricey]

It's been handled really well. It seems the issue at hand was "did they walk off the pitch?" I believe there was some footage of this and they have managed to track it down.

The time frame has managed to make VAR look pretty speedy and the application of pure common sense is something PGMOL would be proud of too.

Game's gone.

[Shogun]

Anything in the regulations about fixing the match and whole tournament for the host team to win? Let's not forget why they walked off the pitch

[CannockPricey]

If they were going to reach this conclusion (wrongly in my opinion), I have no idea why on earth it took eight weeks. The wording of the judgement could have been written that night.

[Cereal Killer]

If they were going to reach this conclusion (wrongly in my opinion), I have no idea why on earth it took eight weeks. The wording of the judgement could have been written that night.

So those random payments into bank accounts don’t look directly related?

[777Kidnappings]

You cant impliment the rules 2 months later. The ref failed to call it on the night not sure how you then re ref in months down the line. Are we doing it with all incidents now