Erik Niva påstår att det rör sig om ett "sportsligt justitiemord", men regelverket är tydligt. Även Senegals lag måste hålla sig inom reglerna för turneringen, om de vill ha möjligheten att vinna den, hur jävla upprörda de än må ha varit.
Det afrikanska fotbollsförbundet hänvisar i samband med sitt beslut till paragraferna 82 och 84 i regelverket för afrikanska mästerskapen:
https://www.cafonline.com/media/bl2lhb3v/bm58fa2qjh76asriri5s.pdf
Citat:
ARTICLE 82
If, for any reason whatsoever, a team withdraws from the competition or does not report
for a match, or refuses to play or leaves the ground before the regular end of the
match without the authorisation of the referee, it shall be considered looser and shall be
eliminated for good from the current competition. The same shall apply for the teams
previously disqualified by decision of CAF.
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ARTICLE 84
The team which contravenes the provisions of articles 82 and 83 shall be eliminated for
good from the competition. This team will lose its match by 3-0 unless the opponent
has scored a more advantageous result at the time when the match was interrupted, in
this case this score will be maintained. The Organising Committee may adopt further
measures.
https://www.cafonline.com/news/caf-appeal-board-media-statement/
Citat:
- The CAF Appeal Board further finds that the conduct of the Senegal team falls within the scope of Articles 82 and 84 of the Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations.
- The protest lodged by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) is upheld.
- It is declared that the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), through the conduct of its team, infringed Article 82 of the Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations.
- In application of Article 84 of the Regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Senegal team is declared to have forfeited the match, with the result recorded as 3–0 in favour of the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF).
