Two months later, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) reviewed the result of the final match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and announced that the Moroccan team had won the tournament. About this I mentioned On the CAF website.
In the final match of the tournament on January 18, the teams of Senegal and Morocco met. In the second minute added to the second half, the match referee after reviewing the video Canceled Senegalese Abdoulaye Seck’s goal after a mistake by defender Achraf Hakimi. In the added eighth minute, a penalty kick was awarded against Senegal (also after reviewing the video). Afterwards, Senegalese coach Pape Thio led the team off the field in protest. At the same time, Senegalese player Sadio Mane remained on the field and called on the team to return.
As a result, Senegal returned to the field. As a result, Moroccan national team player Ibrahim Diaz failed to score a penalty kick. As a result, the regular time of the match ended with the score 0:0. In extra time, Senegalese Pape Guay won for his team with a score of 1:0.
The CAF Appeals Committee heard Morocco’s appeal against the incidents at the end of the match. He considered that the actions of the Senegalese players who left the field violated the tournament regulations. It stipulates a technical defeat for refusing to continue the match without the referee’s permission. As a result, CAF gave Senegal a technical defeat with a score of 0:3 and declared the Moroccan team the winner of the tournament.
Senegalese Football Federation AnnounceWhich will appeal this decision.
The Senegalese national team won the African Cup of Nations in 2021, and the Moroccan national team previously won the tournament in 1976.