18/03/2026
CAF and African football are making headlines worldwide this morning 😱🌍🗞️
🗞️ “A global scandal” — according to AS and Marca 🇪🇸
🗞️ “It’s not April 1st, it’s March 18. This is not a joke.” — La Gazzetta dello Sport 🇮🇹
🗞️ “A retroactive champion” — Der Spiegel 🇩🇪
🗞️ Daily Mail 🏴 calls it a “unprecedented measure taken 58 days later.”
And in Moroccan and Senegalese media…
🗞️ Le360 Sport 🇲🇦 says:
“CAF delivers justice to Morocco and saves African football from repeated unsporting behavior.”
🗞️ In Senegal 🇸🇳, Le Dakarois calls it “a scandal in the final,” while Le Soleil describes it as “the joke of the century.”
▫️ 🇩🇿 DZ Foot writes 🗣️:
“AFCON 2025 — SCANDAL, MOROCCO CROWNED CHAMPIONS.”
▫️ Compétitions DZ adds 🗣️:
“Unbelievable! The Appeal Jury of the Confederation of African Football delivered, on Tuesday, a decision with heavy consequences regarding the AFCON 2025 final.”
▫️ La Gazette du Fennec 🗣️:
“The Senegalese Football Federation has been found guilty of an infringement, which automatically results in a forfeit. Morocco therefore recovers the continental crown… without winning it on the pitch.”
via RMC Sport
