Media claim from Senegal:/ Morocco loses again in African final!

A Senegalese outlet claims that Morocco has suffered another setback in the Court of Arbitration for Sport's hearing on the controversial Africa Cup of Nations final case.

According to Sports Three, the Senegalese website "Cini News" announced new events in the hearing of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Morocco's complaint about the Africa Cup of Nations final and considered it a blow to this country's case. However, the claims are based on information that the outlet claims was leaked from the closed-door meeting, and no official confirmation of the details has yet been released.

According to this website, the Moroccan side tried to present a different account of the events of the final by citing the second report attributed to the Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala at the hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland.

According to Cini News, the referee's official report states that the game was stopped in the 97th minute and resumed about 12 minutes later. However, this media claims that in the said report, there is no mention of the withdrawal of the Senegal national team from the continuation of the game or the declaration of this team as a loser.

This media also claimed that the representatives of the Confederation of African Football expressed doubts about the existence of the second report and considered it a fake report. According to this website, after the discussion and disagreement in the meeting, this report was no longer cited in the case review process.

In another part of this report, it is stated that the legal team of Morocco raised questions about the possibility of Olivier Savary, the head of the referees committee of the Confederation of African Football, influencing Ndala due to the fact that the two people are compatriots. However, this media has not provided public evidence to prove this claim.

On the other hand, Senegal's legal team has emphasized the principle of "level playing field"; The principle according to which the referee's decisions about the events and the result of the match are considered final, unless corruption or bad faith is proven.

Nevertheless, the details presented by the Senegalese media are still limited to this website's narrative of alleged information leaked from a closed meeting and cannot be considered as confirmed facts or the ruling issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Finally, the final decision of the CAS will determine the status of the legal dispute between Morocco and Senegal over the Africa Cup of Nations final.