17 Mar 2026 22:18:46
Mazraoui now an AFCON champion! Others may disagree but I think CAF have made the right call eventually. Senegal walked off the pitch. That's a forfeit. Simple as that really.
17 Mar 2026 22:32:21
Did you watch the tournament? The number of dodgy decisions that went Morocco's way was ridiculous, the most obviously fraudulent excuse of a tournament in history.
There was absolutely no need for all the players to travel, train, and spend so much time away from their clubs, as Morocco's name was on the trophy from before the first ball was kicked.
17 Mar 2026 22:38:11
I did, Shappy. But they walked off the pitch. That's an abandonment. You are conflating that with a separate issue. One does not excuse the other. And one is the suspicion of corruption, which we cannot be sure of.
Senegal walked off due to a correctly disallowed goal, followed by a correctly allowed penalty to the opposition. At least that was my judgement of those incidents, which I did watch, fwiw. Did you?
18 Mar 2026 06:32:04
It's a joke of a tournament. It's even more corrupt than FIFA.
18 Mar 2026 06:33:58
I agree, they should be stripped of the title. It sets a dangerous precedent if they aren't. Teams can just walk off before a penalty is taken and leave the player 15 minutes before he has to take it otherwise.
Whether the decisions were correct or not (I think they were soft but not exactly the worst decisions you'll ever see), you can't just walk off. If you suspect cheating, don't play the game.
18 Mar 2026 07:21:00
Brahim Diaz for Ballon d'Or!
Make them play again, I say.
18 Mar 2026 10:04:56
They should have been stripped the day after.
18 Mar 2026 12:09:15
It was almost as corrupt as the 2022 World Cup.
18 Mar 2026 13:42:25
Wait till you see how Donald messes with the next WC.
18 Mar 2026 16:47:42
CAS will overturn this. Ridiculous decision, so many months after.
19 Mar 2026 01:17:31
The delay, whilst ridiculous, isn't relevant. Any appeal will hinge on one thing - is it discretionary for the referee to decide if Senegal abandoned the game. If it is, then clearly, as he didn't do so at the time, Senegal will win the appeal; if, on the other hand, walking off the pitch automatically means an abandoned game, then they won't.