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Esperance has been ordered to return the African Champions League trophy and replay the return leg of the final.
The Tunisian team led 1-0 Saturday in the second leg, but its Moroccan opponent, Wydad Casablanca, left the field after canceling the equalizer.
Wydad wanted the video badistant referee to check if the goal needs to be maintained, but the system does not work.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) said the return match would be played in a neutral venue.
The 1-1 draw of the first leg in Morocco is maintained.
The recovery will take place after the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, which ends on July 19th.
A cif declaration "The game and security conditions are not met" in the second leg and it is clearly stated that the Esperance players must return the medals of their winners, as well as the trophy.
The return match was interrupted after Wydad equalized in 59 minutes on the head of Walid El Karti. He was refused for an offense.
The VAR system was visible on the side of the field but the players had not been informed that it was not being used due to a malfunction.
The referee finally awarded the victory to Esperance, triple champion, after a delay of 95 minutes.
Wydad's president said the club was "a victim of scandal" and Caf subsequently called a meeting of the executive committee during which the decision to replay the match was taken.
"An absolute mess" – badysis
Mani Djazmi, presenter of BBC World Football
We waited about six and a half hours in front of a hotel conference room to make that decision. A Tunisian journalist broadcast a live stream from the closed door while we waited and he was seen by 18,000 people. This shows the importance of this decision.
I think that Hope has been punished for the shortcomings of Caf. I just spoke to one of the members of the CAF Executive Committee who was present at the meeting. He says those responsible for these organizational failures will also be punished.
He said that the decision had been taken unanimously and that something had to be done.
It's a dangerous precedent and an absolute mess. This is the second time in the Continental Cup final that Copa Libertadores in South America, last November, had been postponed as a result of an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus. by supporters of River Plate.
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