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Deux mois après la finale de la CAN 2025 remportée sur le terrain par le Sénégal, la Confédération africaine de football a totalement renversé le résultat. Suite à un appel du Maroc, le Jury d’appel a décidé de déclarer le Sénégal forfait et d’attribuer la victoire 3-0 aux Lions de l’Atlas, en s’appuyant sur les articles 82 et 84 du règlement.
Au cœur de cette décision : les événements chaotiques de la fin de match. Après un but refusé au Sénégal et un penalty accordé au Maroc, plusieurs joueurs sénégalais ont quitté la pelouse pour contester. Une interruption de plus de quinze minutes a suivi, avant un retour sur le terrain et une reprise du jeu qui mènera finalement à la victoire du Sénégal en prolongation.
Dans un premier temps, la CAF avait sanctionné les deux équipes pour différents incidents, sans modifier le résultat. Mais en appel, l’instance a considéré que le départ des joueurs sénégalais constituait une infraction majeure, justifiant une défaite sur tapis vert, peu importe que le match ait repris et été terminé.
Cette décision provoque une onde de choc. Le Sénégal dénonce une injustice et saisit le Tribunal arbitral du sport, en s’appuyant notamment sur le principe que le résultat validé sur le terrain ne devrait pas être modifié après coup. L’affaire dépasse alors le simple cadre sportif pour devenir un véritable débat juridique.
Au-delà de cette finale, c’est toute la question de la stabilité des résultats dans le football qui est posée. Jusqu’où les instances peuvent-elles intervenir après un match terminé ? Et surtout, à partir de quel moment un champion est-il réellement sacré ?
Au cœur de cette décision : les événements chaotiques de la fin de match. Après un but refusé au Sénégal et un penalty accordé au Maroc, plusieurs joueurs sénégalais ont quitté la pelouse pour contester. Une interruption de plus de quinze minutes a suivi, avant un retour sur le terrain et une reprise du jeu qui mènera finalement à la victoire du Sénégal en prolongation.
Dans un premier temps, la CAF avait sanctionné les deux équipes pour différents incidents, sans modifier le résultat. Mais en appel, l’instance a considéré que le départ des joueurs sénégalais constituait une infraction majeure, justifiant une défaite sur tapis vert, peu importe que le match ait repris et été terminé.
Cette décision provoque une onde de choc. Le Sénégal dénonce une injustice et saisit le Tribunal arbitral du sport, en s’appuyant notamment sur le principe que le résultat validé sur le terrain ne devrait pas être modifié après coup. L’affaire dépasse alors le simple cadre sportif pour devenir un véritable débat juridique.
Au-delà de cette finale, c’est toute la question de la stabilité des résultats dans le football qui est posée. Jusqu’où les instances peuvent-elles intervenir après un match terminé ? Et surtout, à partir de quel moment un champion est-il réellement sacré ?
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00:00Two months after Senegal won the second Africa Cup of Nations in its history,
00:03The CAF appeals jury decided to withdraw the trophy from the Lion of Teronga for the
00:07give to the lion of the class.
00:08The reason is that Senegal, during the final of the Africa Cup of Nations,
00:11he withdrew to the locker room for more than 15 minutes to protest an umpire's decision.
00:15Is this sanction justified?
00:17Can a trophy be withdrawn just like that, even if the rules haven't been followed for two months?
00:20After ?
00:21And especially with an event like this, can we now look back at past finals?
00:24who would have seen a rule not respected?
00:26Okay, let's get started, let's analyze this event which has no precedent in the history of the cane.
00:35Okay, first of all, for those who might have forgotten about this final, I'm going to add a little bit of
00:38context.
00:39If you remember this final very well, I'll put some timecodes for you below the video, n
00:42'Feel free to skip this part.'
00:43In the final, we had a match that was quite balanced but also very tight.
00:47In the 90th minute of the game, 8 minutes of added time are announced.
00:51And during this match, Senegal finished very strongly, scoring in the 92nd minute.
00:54Ibrahim EmbaĂŻ, the Paris Saint-Germain player, will force Bounou into a super cross.
00:58Before, a few seconds later, Abdoulay Seq heads the ball against the post
01:01and then Ismail Assar takes over and scores the only goal of the match.
01:04However, the first blow for Senegal came when the goal was disallowed.
01:07Indeed, Abdoulay Seq commits a foul on Hakimi and there for me, it's a foul.
01:10Except that, obviously, tensions will rise again since Senegal will feel a little aggrieved by
01:14that situation.
01:15And a few moments later, in the 96th minute of the game,
01:18Bah Emdias gets knocked down in the penalty area.
01:19For me, it's a penalty, but we'll discuss it later.
01:22And while initially the referee did not whistle anything, he went to call on Lavar.
01:25And at the end, in the 98th minute of the game, the referee awarded a penalty to Morocco.
01:29After the penalty was announced, the Senegalese players inevitably lost their temper.
01:32They feel wronged in relation to the goal denied a few miles earlier.
01:35All along that cane, well, there's some kind of thing that hovered
01:38where many people explained that Morocco was favored by the arbitration.
01:41So this little atmosphere, well, it must have been on the minds of the Senegalese players.
01:44Manic Duf and SmaĂŻla Sarr have been warned.
01:46And a few minutes later, several Senegalese players will return to the locker room.
01:49That said, on the Senegalese side, remember, it's Sadio Mané who will go and get the players in the locker room
01:53And who's going to tell them, come on, it's played on the field, not in the locker room.
01:57We're going to play like men and we're going to go onto the pitch.
01:59Finally, at 90+20, Edouard Mendy will return to the field.
02:03All the Senegalese players will return to the pitch.
02:05And at 90+24, finally, Brahim Diaz will be able to step up to take his penalty.
02:10Except that, remember, there was a lot of controversy over it, a lot of controversy over it.
02:13Brahim Diaz, in wanting to be the superhero of the superhero of that particular cane,
02:16will decide to attempt a NK breakdown in the final cane shot,
02:19will fail miserably against Edouard Mendy
02:21and will regret it, I think, until the end of his career.
02:23The match therefore ended in a 0-0 draw.
02:25We're going into extra time.
02:26And in the 94th minute, when Elaynaoui loses possession,
02:29Pap Gay will stop the ball, will go up a third of the field.
02:32will unleash a superb shot that hits the crossbar and goes in
02:35and which will definitively give Senegal the advantage.
02:37Morocco will try to respond.
02:39Hamza Hegaman will come on as a substitute, but unfortunately for him,
02:41will have his cruciate ligaments torn.
02:42Morocco finishes with 10 points, but thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up
02:45But unfortunately for them, they will not be able to score that goal which would have meant a penalty shootout.
02:48And so, you understand that during that match,
02:50There were several things that caused controversy.
02:52First of all, as I mentioned earlier, there was the matter of the
02:54towel.
02:54Indeed, remember, at several points during this cane final,
02:57Moroccan players tried to prevent Edouard Mendy from using his towel.
03:01at times forcing YĂ©van Diouf, Senegal's reserve goalkeeper,
03:03to act almost like a security guard to make sure no one went to retrieve their teammate's towel.
03:07In the end, Ismaël Saïbari, a player for Venn's PSN, will apologize for this behavior.
03:11And now we'll move on to the three other points that have caused controversy.
03:13Firstly, the goal disallowed for Senegal in the 90th minute.
03:16As I said, in my opinion, Hakimi was clearly at fault.
03:18For me, there's not even a debate.
03:19Well, I can understand that in the adrenaline of the match,
03:27So it's true that the contact is light, but still, there you go.
03:29We see the Senegalese player make the gesture, put his hand on his shoulder, shoot, that's it.
03:33Even the gesture is punishable, and for me, it was a penalty for Morocco.
03:37And finally, of course, there is the behavior of the Senegal coach.
03:39and the Senegalese players who returned to the locker room.
03:41And that makes a perfect transition for the next part.
03:49In the hours following the final, the Senegalese Football Federation adopted a very firm position.
03:53The initial statements are aimed at launching a full-scale attack on the refereeing.
03:56But that, as we saw in part 1, well, for me, it's not really well-founded.
03:59But well, once again, I repeat, in the adrenaline of the match, etc., well, it can be heard.
04:03In the ensuing chaos, Senegal officially filed a complaint with CAF alleging pressure on referees.
04:07hostile environment and external intervention.
04:09At that point, the CAF will open disciplinary proceedings regarding this.
04:13And the latter, after examining the elements of the final, will decide to proceed with sanctions.
04:17The Moroccan Football Federation has been fined $200,000 for the behavior of its ball boys.
04:21$100,000 for intrusion and disruption in the Var region.
04:24and finally, $15,000 for the use of, remember, lasers in the stands.
04:28Naturally, Morocco also lodged a complaint regarding the behavior of the Senegalese during this final.
04:32Therefore, the CAF will decide to severely sanction Senegal.
04:35The coach will receive a heavy suspension and a $100,000 fine for his behavior.
04:40And there will be other sanctions here and there for the behavior of the players and staff.
04:43Naturally, on both sides, some are dissatisfied with their sanctions.
04:47and will therefore decide to appeal.
04:53And so, on March 17, 2026, nearly two months after the final,
04:57The CAF appeals board overturns its initial disciplinary decision.
05:00The appeal by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation is deemed admissible and well-founded.
05:04The decision of the disciplinary jury at first instance is overturned.
05:07and especially three, and that is of course the heart of the story,
05:10The behavior of the Senegal team falls squarely within the scope of articles 82 and 84 of the regulations.
05:15the Africa Cup of Nations,
05:16And as a result, Senegal has been declared to have forfeited.
05:19and the result of the final is ratified with a score of 3-0 for Morocco.
05:23So I'm going to include articles 82 and 84 of the Cannes regulations in the edit.
05:27But basically, Article 82 specifically states that a team that leaves the field before the end of the match
05:32without authorization
05:32is considered a loser and eliminated from the current tournament.
05:35And article 84 is simply the article that will explain, basically,
05:38In the event of a forfeit, the match is lost 3-0.
05:40The appeals jury is not stopping there; it will also review some of the sanctions that were imposed.
05:44to the Moroccans,
05:45Ismaël Saïbari remains found guilty of wrongful conduct in the towel affair.
05:49but his sanction will be reduced to a two-match suspension, one of which is suspended.
05:52and incidentally his $100,000 fine is cancelled.
05:55The Federation's responsibility towards the ball boy is the same.
05:58This will be confirmed, but the fine will be reduced to $50,000.
06:00and finally the fine related to lasers will be reduced from $15,000 to $10,000.
06:04The only issue is the $100,000 fine related to interference around the VAR zone.
06:07which will be maintained.
06:08And so, with this decision, Morocco officially becomes part of the African 2025 squad by default.
06:13yet this same final on January 18th ended in a 1-0 victory for Senegal in
06:17extension.
06:18This officially ends Morocco's drought, as they win their first Cannon in 49 years.
06:22And on the Senegalese side, there are two types of reactions.
06:24The first one, of course, is the Federation.
06:26who publicly denounces an unfair, unprecedented and unacceptable decision,
06:30and which announces that it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
06:33Inevitably, a certain amount of shock will take hold among the players.
06:36but also former international players, consultants,
06:38that the decision is incomprehensible,
06:40And this is a dangerous precedent for African football.
06:42Moreover, the Senegalese state is getting involved.
06:44because they are going to launch an investigation for suspected corruption.
06:46But there are other players from Senegal who will take it a little bit as a joke.
06:49Jokes can be seen regarding the fact that competitions cannot be won by email.
06:52But it is won on the field, and Senegal won it, a point is stifled.
06:56In short, some players took it almost as a joke.
06:58In a way, well, it doesn't really have any value, it's our Cannes, we won it, period.
07:01rod.
07:01And you should know that a case like this is practically unprecedented.
07:04So there is a precedent that has been cited quite a bit,
07:06This is the final of the 2019 CAF Champions League.
07:08between Espérance de Tunis and Ouidad Casablanca.
07:11That evening, in the context of a VAR malfunction,
07:13Ouidad had left the pitch and had not returned.
07:15Except that in this particular case, well, the parallel still has its limits.
07:18At the end of all this, the famous Court of Arbitration for Sport had sanctioned a problem of internal jurisdiction within the
07:22CAF,
07:23had referred the matter to the competent authorities,
07:25And above all, the CAS has not established a precedent stating that a trophy can be withdrawn.
07:29after a final that has been completed and confirmed.
07:31The other major point is the credibility of the CAF.
07:34because, in itself, the heart of the problem,
07:35It's not about explaining that the title comes from Morocco
07:37because Senegal allegedly did not respect the competition rules.
07:40Because yes, it's true, officially we saw it a little earlier,
07:42There is, however, a rule that explains that basically when you leave the pitch,
07:46Well, you lose the match by default.
07:47But the problem is trying to explain that two months later.
07:49The guys received their trophy, their medal,
07:52They held a parade, they celebrated that trophy.
07:54Finally, everyone had accepted for two months that Senegal was the African champion.
08:02As I said previously, after the appeals jury's decision,
08:05The Senegalese Football Federation will activate the last lever at its disposal.
08:09an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
08:11Her goal is clear: to reclaim the trophy she won on the field.
08:15Senegal has several arguments for this.
08:17The first thing is that the match was completed.
08:19It was over and the referee on the field blew the final whistle.
08:22and confirmed the result of the match.
08:24And Senegal didn't pull this out of thin air.
08:25since it is based on the Laws of the Game established by the IFAB,
08:28We're talking about the, you know, somewhat fundamental laws of football.
08:30which explain that the referee's decisions regarding the events of the game,
08:33including the final result,
08:34are in principle final once the match is closed and finished.
08:37Next, the Senegalese defense will try to raise another argument.
08:40Well, the players have temporarily left the pitch.
08:42That is to say, afterwards they came back.
08:44We're not talking about a case like Ouida in Casablanca.
08:46where the players did not return.
08:47There's no text that really clarifies this case.
08:50This creates a slight legal loophole.
08:51On the other side, we have the position of the CAF.
08:53but also, of course, from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation,
08:56which explains very simply that articles 82 and 84 of the Cannes Convention are explicit,
09:00and that a team that leaves the field without permission,
09:02is considered a loser,
09:03no matter what happens next.
09:04So at this stage, several things are possible.
09:06Either the CAS confirms the CAF's decision,
09:09Morocco will officially remain the African champion in 2025.
09:11And this case will become a first in the history of football.
09:14and all this while validating the possibility of changing the result of a match several months later.
09:18Conversely, if the CAS rules in favor of Senegal,
09:21The CAF's decision could be overturned.
09:23and the title returned to Senegal.
09:24And all of this would greatly weaken the status of the CAF.
09:27but even the credibility of the Africa Cup of Nations,
09:30and of the African continent to football in general.
09:32But there is a third scenario which is a little more complex,
09:34The CAS could refer the case back.
09:36or else invalidate part of the legal reasoning.
09:39but without necessarily awarding the title back to Senegal.
09:46One thing needs to be understood,
09:47This raises a question for world football.
09:49to what extent can the authorities intervene?
09:51to change the final result of a match that was played on the field.
09:54And that raises another underlying question.
09:56that is the point at which we can determine
09:58that a team has actually won a trophy?
10:00How long can appeals be allowed?
10:02Appeals, etc., judged?
10:03Because there's one thing we mustn't forget.
10:05The referee for that match,
10:06He was within his rights to stop the match.
10:07and to say to Senegal,
10:09That's it, you've left the field.
10:10You're not coming back,
10:11and I award the victory to Morocco.
10:13In fact, I realize this in retrospect,
10:14But I should have said it a little earlier.
10:16The referee is also responsible.
10:17Because, given the Cannes regulations
10:18clearly indicates this in articles 82 and 84
10:21that any team that leaves the field
10:23loses 3-0 on a technicality.
10:25The referee should have applied it.
10:26From the moment Senegal left,
10:28Well, that's it.
10:28Except that here, by acting two months later,
10:30This does raise a question about the stability of football.
10:32That means that, in fact,
10:33any match where something crazy, not too serious, happens,
10:36technically, we could open a case
10:38and cause the team to lose by default
10:39who nevertheless prevailed on the field.
10:41That means all the matches
10:42with arbitration errors,
10:43We can reopen them.
10:44That means we can take away a World Cup trophy.
10:48You have to go right to left.
10:49Finally, you can imagine the mess.
10:51And once again,
10:51This raises questions regarding a fundamental principle.
10:53Well, the match is played on the field.
10:55Although Senegal won their match,
10:56Well, he deserves it.
10:57We can talk about the regulations,
10:58We can talk about many things,
10:59as I said.
11:00If the referee has cancelled the match,
11:01OK
11:01But we can't come two months later.
11:03and to say to Senegal,
11:04No, it was Morocco that won the cane.
11:05A match is played for 90 minutes.
11:07or 120 minutes or 125-130
11:09if we include penalty shootouts,
11:10It's not something that can be decided two months later in offices.
11:12To conclude,
11:13However, I did qualify one point.
11:14Of course, during a match,
11:16if we discover it even several months later
11:17that there was proven corruption,
11:19that there was massive doping
11:20or something like that,
11:21I can totally understand
11:22that justice removes a trophy.
11:23But apart from certain situations like that,
11:25In my opinion,
11:26when a match is over,
11:27that the referee blew the final whistle,
11:29The result should no longer change.
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