Affaire Finale CAN 2025 portée au TAS : « On peut reprocher aux Marocains de vouloir gagner un trophée sur tapis vert », (Joseph Antoine Bell)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) heard the cases of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) at a hearing held this Thursday, October 8, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FSF had appealed to the court to contest the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip Senegal of its 2025 African Championship title and award it to Morocco by default, on the grounds that the Senegalese team had left the field improperly during the final. The CAS is expected to issue its ruling in the coming weeks.
"In keeping with the spirit of the game, they should accept the result of the 2025 AFCON final."
Invited on RFI today, former Cameroonian footballer Joseph Antoine Bell commented on this news. For him, it is clear that, from a regulatory standpoint, the Moroccan football authorities were right to appeal to CAF to strip Senegal of its trophy.
But "in view of the spirit of the game, they should (rather) accept the result of this final, since they played it to the end.
He "would have caused even more damage than he suffered that day."
According to the consultant, the referee should normally have blown the whistle to end the match after noticing the absence of most of the Senegalese players from the field, but he could not, given what was at stake.
“It was impossible for any man to stop the match, because everyone in the stadium wanted to see how the match ended, and everyone at home in front of the TV wanted to see the end of the match. So, it's not humanly possible for the referee to take it upon himself to say, ‘Because you left the field and I waited for you, we're stopping, and then you've lost the match.’ Saying that to the public would have caused even more damage than there was that day,” asserted the former goalkeeper of Cameroon's Indomitable Lions.
“Today, it is not possible to deny that Senegal left the field, and we can criticize the Moroccan leaders, the Moroccan administrators, for wanting to win a trophy on the green field,” continued Joseph Antoine Bell.
Commentaires (24)
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En tout cas et jusqu'à l'extinction du soleil: Le match s'est joué jusqu'à son terme au bout des prolongations, un vainqueur est sorti de ce duel, la coupe et les médailles distribués, les distinctions distribuées et la cagnotte versée au vainqueur... Il reste quoi d'autre à discuter ici !... Si la CAF à été si corrompue pour organiser ce simulacre c'est so probleme. Pour tous les sportifs à travers le monde le Sénégal est champion d'Afrique 2025 POINT BARRE! 👏
Y a qlques mois il etait certain que le senegal va rendre la coupe et sera obligé de s agenouer et de s excuser devant la planete foot.
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