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Amigoos1:
The decision was right, just too late. It should have been made as soon as the Senegal players walked off. Since it wasn’t, making it now just causes confusion. At this point they should have just left it as it was.

Justice can never be too late. Leaving it as it is sets a very bad precedent.

larride:
For article 82 to stand, the ref should've abandoned the game when they walked off. He didn't.

The game continued with the ref and all the players playing. The ref decision is the final decision on the pitch and the ref says Senegal won the match. It is final.

CAS will embarrass CAF once again like they did in 2019.

As you can see the ref doesn't have to end the game for it to be applicable. You have seen teams getting kicked out of competitions for breaking rules like fielding an eligible player even when they won the game. CAF did the right thing by applying the appropriate punishment.

Kimbeast:
That's a lie. Article 82 and 84 are very clear. I have never seen when an organization applying the rules is making a stupid decision after appeals.



Key Details Regarding Articles 82 & 84:
Article 82 (Withdrawal/Refusal to Play): If a team leaves the ground before the end of regulation time without the referee's authorization, it is deemed to have lost and is eliminated.
Article 84 (Forfeiture Penalty): A team violating Article 82 is eliminated from the competition and loses the match 3-0. If the opponent has a more advantageous score at the time of interruption, that score is maintained.

Are you a zombie that swallows anything without context?

Article 82 cannot be invoked for a match that was CONCLUDED. Once a match is played and concluded, the result is final.

The ref should've abandoned the game when Senegal walked off, he didn't. The moment Senegal came back and the ref allow the game to continue, article 82 is out the door.

Apply your common sense please.

larride:
Are you a zombie that swallows anything without context?

Article 82 cannot be invoked for a match that was CONCLUDED. Once a match is played and concluded, the result is final.

The ref should've abandoned the game when Senegal walked off, he didn't. The moment Senegal came back and the ref allow the game to continue, article 82 is out the door.

Apply your common sense please.

Bring out your source for this. The organizers are literally telling you different yet you insisting on going by your own understanding despite being wrong.

BlueRayDick:
CAF is a useless organization.

Plenty times we've seen teams in the EPL bemoan the outcome of a match due to errors committed by the match officials .......Weeks later PMGOL will come out to acknowledge the ref's error of judgement in such match, but nowhere will the league management overturn the outcome of such match. They acknowledge the officiating was not perfect but they don't overturn final result of the match for any reason....But here we are seeing CAF disgracing themselves.

History will not be kind to this current CAF leadership headed by that corrupt South African guy.

The funny thing is that something like this happened in 2018 in the CAF champions league final between Esperance Tunis and Al Ahly.

Al Ahly won the first leg 3-1 at home and Esperance won the second leg 3-0 thereby winning the trophy.

Esperance Tunis alleged after the first leg that the first leg was rigged by the ref because they gave 2 controversial penalty to Al Ahly

The same CAF Appeal decided to forfeit the first leg that Al Ahly won 3-1 saying Al Ahly has engaged in misconduct and one of their players was engaged in simulation (Remember that Esperance Tunis already won the trophy on their own merit by winning the second leg 3-0)

Al Ahly appealed to CAS, CAS embarrassed CAF by telling them to stick to their own rules that the outcome of a match is final irrespective of referee decisions, mistakes or errors.

CAS clearly told CAF it's powers are limited in altering already concluded match outcomes.

Another disgrace is waiting for them at CAS.

A very useless sport association.

Senegal had to be punished properly though, even though it wasn’t a penalty but walking off the pitch sets a very bad precedence, I assure you that Africans would have abused that privilege at every tournament, why it took this long I don’t know exactly

Kimbeast:
Bring out your source for this. The organizers are literally telling you different yet you insisting on going by your own understanding despite being wrong.

Maybe you should try to read more and not just gulping anything you read online.

The ref should've abandoned the game after the Senegal team walked off during the game but he didn't and the game continued, extra 30mins+ played and the game concluded with a final match outcomes.

Article 82 cannot cover it anymore, it was not an abandoned match anymore, it is a concluded match.

Another embarrassment is waiting for CAF at CAS, that's for sure.

A useless body that cannot properly interpret it's own rules.

Bluelines69:
Senegal had to be punished properly though, even though it wasn’t a penalty but walking off the pitch sets a very bad precedence, I assure you that Africans would have abused that privilege at every tournament, why it took this long I don’t know exactly

Yes, they should've been fined seriously and the coach that initiated it banned for like 6 month or so.

larride:
Maybe you should try to read more and not just gulping anything you read online.

The ref should've abandoned the game after the Senegal team walked off during the game but he didn't and the game continued, extra 30mins+ played and the game concluded with a final match outcomes.

Article 82 cannot cover it anymore, it was not an abandoned match anymore, it is a concluded match.

Another embarrassment is waiting for CAF at CAS, that's for sure.

A useless body that cannot properly interpret it's own rules.

Please stop, you are embarrassing yourself when it's very obvious. Senegal breached article 82 and got punished by forfeiture. They are basically telling you the extra minutes played after they came back was void.

larride:
The funny thing is that something like this happened in 2018 in the CAF champions league final between Esperance Tunis and Al Ahly.

Al Ahly won the first leg 3-1 at home and Esperance won the second leg 3-0 thereby winning the trophy.

Esperance Tunis alleged after the first leg that the first leg was rigged by the ref because they gave 2 controversial penalty to Al Ahly

The same CAF Appeal decided to forfeit the first leg that Al Ahly won 3-1 saying Al Ahly has engaged in misconduct and one of their players was engaged in simulation (Remember that Esperance Tunis already won the trophy on their own merit by winning the second leg 3-0)

Al Ahly appealed to CAS, CAS embarrassed CAF by telling them to stick to their own rules that the outcome of a match is final irrespective of referee decisions, mistakes or errors.

CAS clearly told CAF it's powers are limited in altering already concluded match outcomes.

Another disgrace is waiting for them at CAS.

A very useless sport association.

Bro none of this happened lol. Maybe you are confusing yourself with 2019 when CAS sided with CAF against Wydad and crowned Esperance champions when Wydad walked off the game in the 2nd leg.

afrodoc2:
Which one?

The Roman Republic or the Roman Empire?

larride:
Yes, they should've been fined seriously and the coach that initiated it banned for like 6 month or so.

I don’t think that would have been enough, teams can do it and say we’d pay the fine and serve the ban afterall we’re champions, ref should have ended the match on the spot that day and declared it a forfeited game, Referee handled it badly and CAF holds all the blame if they can’t foresee circumstances like this and enlighten their refs, Carragher done laugh us tire for X

Bluelines69:
I don’t think that would have been enough, teams can do it and say we’d pay the fine and serve the ban afterall we’re champions, ref should have ended the match on the spot that day and declared it a forfeited game, Referee handled it badly and CAF holds all the blame if they can’t foresee circumstances like this and enlighten their refs, Carragher done laugh us tire for X

I remember when one of these white pundits (cant remember who exactly) said that AFCON is a bloody waste of time. There was a lot of backlash and people criticised the guy.

Now, he has been fully vindicated

This is why I no don't watch ball in viewing centre

Omo dem carry casket for Chelsea oo😭😂😂😂

Nothing beats the vibe at a viewing center 💯🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/brfXyypHnH

— MR. WHYTE (@TomisinWhyte) March 17, 2026

Bluelines69:
I don’t think that would have been enough, teams can do it and say we’d pay the fine and serve the ban afterall we’re champions, ref should have ended the match on the spot that day and declared it a forfeited game , Referee handled it badly and CAF holds all the blame if they can’t foresee circumstances like this and enlighten their refs, Carragher done laugh us tire for X

Exactly but Just imagine the what would have happened to the ref and the kind of outrage it would have caused if he had done that.

Amigoos1:
Exactly but Just imagine the what would have happened to the ref and the kind of outrage it would have caused if he had done that.

Nothing for happen, we’ve seen it a lot with this PGMOL after they apologize everybody moves on…..I think he’s in an even worse situation now

See hypocrites everywhere. If FIFA had accepted our appeal and removed Congo for using ineligible players and given Nigeria their spot for the world cup would any of you be defending Congo or if it was Nigeria in Morocco position. Make all of una rest.

Bluelines69:
Nothing for happen, we’ve seen it a lot with this PGMOL after they apologize everybody moves on…..I think he’s in an even worse situation now

This is nothing like Pogmol apologizing for a wrong var decision. This was an intercontinental final where Senegalese fans were already rioting inside the stadium after the pk decision.

Did Senegal receive the prize money already?

My own be say, CAF go ask the players to return the medals abi

Make Dem dey play

A better punishment would be to ban them for the Next two edition of Afcon.

They say men lie,women lie but numbers don't lie.



MARESCA HAD 8 WINS IN FUCKING 19 EPL GAMES YOU FUVKING DOTs! him resigning while he was out of his depth and talking with man city was the RIGHT DECISION.

The fact that Rosenior being shit doesn’t mean Maresca gets a pass now.


Miss with all your Maresca worship.

Very easy

AirBere:
May be it's the change they needed in order to win.

Meanwhile, how you win whether beautiful or ugly is irrelevant in football. What's important is winning. Mourinho won the treble that way and was hailed for his defensive master class, same with Di Matteo who won us our first ucl with a defensive masterclass.

How you win is irrelevant. What's important is winning.

Im not faulting it, just pointing it out. I remember how Arsenal fan used to mock chelsea of same type of football. If you can’t beat them join them. Now we are the new Arsenal; signing young boys and getting beaten by experienced players on every match day.

Pep did his premier league dominance by winning 6 epl in 7 years and did 4 in a row ,his time is already up ,I will advice him to go and rest before he gets into his mourinho era

Arsenal will be doing back to back premier League titles sha

larride:
The funny thing is that something like this happened in 2018 in the CAF champions league final between Esperance Tunis and Al Ahly.

Al Ahly won the first leg 3-1 at home and Esperance won the second leg 3-0 thereby winning the trophy.

Esperance Tunis alleged after the first leg that the first leg was rigged by the ref because they gave 2 controversial penalty to Al Ahly

The same CAF Appeal decided to forfeit the first leg that Al Ahly won 3-1 saying Al Ahly has engaged in misconduct and one of their players was engaged in simulation (Remember that Esperance Tunis already won the trophy on their own merit by winning the second leg 3-0)

Al Ahly appealed to CAS, CAS embarrassed CAF by telling them to stick to their own rules that the outcome of a match is final irrespective of referee decisions, mistakes or errors.

CAS clearly told CAF it's powers are limited in altering already concluded match outcomes.

Another disgrace is waiting for them at CAS.

A very useless sport association.

One universal knowledge is that once a referee ends a match @ 90 mins , 120 mins or end of penalty kicks , that match is done and concluded .

No football governing body comes out to overrule the final outcome of a match that was already concluded by the refreee on the pitch .

What CAF is doing is disgraceful and will further run down the stock of African football .

afrodoc:
Man City academy product. It’s a dog eat dog world.

Na madness we dey use cure madnes

Werey la fin wo werey something

afrodoc2:
Which one?

The Roman Republic or the Roman Empire?

Abi Roman figures