Algeria intends to go far in the case of the boycott of Morocco of CHAN-2022. The latter risks sanctions from the African Football Confederation.
As everyone knows, Morocco, defending champion, has decided to skip the CHAN-2022 which takes place in Algeria. And this, for not having received a favorable response for a direct flight Rabat-Constantine.
A few days ago, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, and in an official press release, said it was outraged by the “low practices and absurd maneuvers” that accompanied the opening of CHAN 2022 in Algeria, last Friday at the stadium. Nelson Mandela, from the Algerian supporters. Worse still, the FRMF also rises against racist slogans against Moroccans in the stadium.
She does not know stopped there since he filed a complaint with CAF against Algeria. The first instance of African football reacted, in the process, via an official press release. “CAF will investigate and review political statements and events during the opening ceremony of CHAN Algeria 2022 and assess whether the regulations and statutes of CAF and FIFA have been respected. CAF will take stock of this in due course.
But our country quickly responded. Indeed, the organizing committee of CHAN seized the competent judicial body of CAF. “The CHAN Organizing Committee has also seized the competent judicial body of CAF regarding the absence of Morocco from the match scheduled for yesterday in Constantine against Sudan”. Wrote CAF in an official press release published last night.
Thus, it is expected that financial and sporting sanctions will be imposed against the neighboring country.
CAF has decided for the group of Morocco
Moreover, and now that Morocco’s withdrawal from CHAN-2022 is confirmed, group “C” has 3 contenders for qualification instead of 4 initially planned. Thus, the tournament now lists two pools of 4 and three others of 3.
But CAF has decided that two national teams will qualify from Group C. “It has been decided that Group C will be made up of three teams, with the direct consequence of qualifying the first two teams for the knockout phase”. Affirms CAF in its press release.
It remains to be seen now who from Ghana, Masagascar and Sudan will score their qualifying ticket for the second round of the continental competition.
