We Must Denounce 'abject' Afcon Decision - Senior Caf Member

The determination to portion Senegal of nan 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title is "abject" and "we person to denounce it" a elder fig astatine African football's governing assemblage has said.

Senegal hit Morocco 1-0 successful January's last but nan Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned nan result connected Tuesday because Senegal's players walked disconnected nan transportation successful protestation erstwhile hosts Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty.

Play resumed aft a 17-minute delay, and Brahim Diaz's punishment for Morocco was saved and nan crippled went to other time, wherever Senegal's Pape Gueye scored nan winner.

Following an entreaty by nan Moroccan Football Association (FRMF), Caf ruled that by stepping disconnected nan transportation Senegal had forfeited nan match, pinch nan "result being recorded arsenic 3-0 successful favour" of Morocco.

Augustin Senghor, a Caf executive committee personnel and erstwhile caput of nan Senegalese Football Federation, told BBC World Service's Newsday: "In a business for illustration this, we person to conflict against injustice.

"Football is adjacent play, shot is played is connected nan field, not successful offices.

"What happened pinch Caf was unacceptable.

"When you spot a committee taking specified a determination successful usurpation of our rules, successful usurpation of nan Fifa laws of nan game, to return nan trophy and springiness it to Morocco, I deliberation it is thing very abject.

"We person to denounce it."

The FRMF said successful a connection connected Wednesday that nan Caf verdict "upholds respect for rules that are basal for nan due functioning of world competition".

It added: "This determination helps to explain nan model applicable to akin situations successful nan early and contributes to nan consistency and credibility of world competitions, peculiarly African football."

But Senghor believes that nan determination was made aft unit from nan FRMF.

"Senegal will conflict because what happened is happening for nan first clip successful nan communicative of African football, successful world football," he added.

"I americium judge that if we [appeal to nan Court of Arbitration for Sport] past we will triumph and nan trophy will ne'er time off Senegal. It is clear successful my mind."