Retrait du titre de champion d’Afrique au Sénégal : La réaction de Xavier Barret
It's an open secret! The appeals committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to strip Senegal of its African Cup of Nations title, won on January 18th in Rabat. The independent judicial body ruled that the Lions had violated AFCON regulations by leaving the pitch during the tournament final.
Invited yesterday, Wednesday, March 18, to the set of France 24, to comment on this decision by the CAF, Xavier Barret indicated from the outset that the verdict is "quite surprising and quite incomprehensible in the course of events".
"The moment there are fewer than 8 players on the field, the match is stopped."
He admits that the rules are clear enough regarding players leaving the field during a match. But in the case of this AFCON final, the referee, Jean-Jacques Ndala, never blew the final whistle. This would have validated Senegal's forfeit.
“The match is stopped as soon as there are fewer than 8 players on the field. This also applies if a team receives 4 red cards for misconduct. In this case, there were fewer Senegalese players on the field. It was a confusing situation, so the scores aren't always consistent, but there were fewer Senegalese players on the field. So theoretically, he should have stopped the match. It seems that Jean-Jacques Ndala wanted to stop the match and that the chairman of the referees' committee dissuaded him,” said the former journalist for “France Football”.
"The CAS already intervened in this type of situation in 2019."
Regarding the procedure initiated by Senegal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), he fears that the country of Teranga will prevail.
"The CAS already intervened in this type of situation in 2019 following the African Champions League final between Wydad Casablanca and Espérance Sportive de Tunis. The CAF, under strong Moroccan influence, had ruled in favor of WAC to replay the second leg of the final, and ultimately the CAS ruled in favor of the Tunisians, who retained the title of African champions," recalled the commentator for "Radio Foot International" on RFI.
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