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Tunisian Esperance retained its African Champions League title on Friday, while Wydad Casablanca refused to play after refusing a goal before leaving the pitch when the decision was not sent back to the club. Video badistant referee.
Esperance leading 2-1 overall, Wydad thought he equalized in the 59th minute when Ismail El Haddad had the ball in the net.
However, referee Bakary Gbadama refused the goal due to a fault in the accumulation and chose not to consult the value-added reseller to verify the decision.
The players of the Moroccan club then protested. Reservists and coaches rushed into the field to harangue the referee, while Hope supporters threw objects at the Wydad bench.
Once the spirits calmed down, Wydad then refused to resume the match and continued to argue with the officials while the referee, originally from The Gambia, and the local team were waiting with the match suspended.
The confusion reigned as officials of the African Football Confederation consulted with the referee without anyone being ready to make a decision as to the continuation of the match.
Finally, the CAF president, Ahmad, came to the field with the respective club leaders, but the debate continued without resolution. After 30 minutes late, Ahmad went on the field to talk to the referee.
Gbadama then gave Wydad a warning for him to continue and a deadline to resume the match, but the Moroccans refused, their players sitting on the bench or hitting a ball on the side of the field.
After a total delay of one hour and 25 minutes, Gbadama whistled to indicate that the match had been abandoned and that Esperance was declared champion.
The match started at 22h. local time to allow players and supporters to break their fast during the holy month of Muslim Ramadan and confusion continued early Saturday morning.
At the time of the stop, Esperance led in the 41st minute of the goal of Youcef Belaili.
The striker is wrapped in a strike from the edge of the box after a slotted defense pbad from the talented wide man Aymen Ben Mohamed, born in London of an Irish mother and a Tunisian father.
Esperance beat Wydad to ten in a 1-1 draw in the first leg last Friday, during which several contentious decisions regarding the VAR were made,
This is only the fourth club in more than 50 years of history of the competition to retain the title. This victory is their fourth in the continent's best club competition after their previous victories in 1994, 2011 and last year.
Esperance celebrated the club's centennial with an unblemished Champions League campaign, winning eight games and four draws en route to the winners' podium, triumphing for 37-year-old coach Moine Chaabani.
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