CAF eliminates Esperance Tunis in the Champions League, decides to play the rematch

Rabat – Today, in Paris, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially decided that the Moroccan Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) and Tunisian Esperance (EST) Tunisia would play a revenge for the controversial game Friday, May 31.

The revenge between EST and WAC will take place in neutral territory.

The executive committee is studying the possibility of suspending the Rades stadium in Tunisia due to the criminal gambling of one of its referees and the fact that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is out of service during the crucial moments of match. meet. A fine could also be imposed on Esperance and the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF).

The match will be played after the CAN 2019 scheduled for June 21 in Egypt.

After the football scandal that Wydad Athletic Club chairman Said Naciri has renowned a "total shame for African football,"The CAF had convened an emergency meeting in Paris to discuss the unprecedented controversies between Tunisian Hope and the WAC.

The scandal was caused when the VAR did not work when it was necessary to review the critical moments of the match. Not having the VAR in working order before the match, the referee would have broken several rules of the game, costing WAC the goal that would have resulted in the equality of the CAF Champions League 2018 / 2019.

WAC players protested the referee when Esperance was declared the winner of the championship,ng Wydad behind with the final score of 2-1 behind. CAF President Ahmad Ahmad on the Wydad side, arguing that the goal, which had been rejected in the second stage, was legitimate. Finally, he called for an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the VAR controversy during the second leg.

On Tuesday, CAF decided to postpone this emergency meeting on the CAF Champions League match until the reelection of FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

The Moroccan television channel Arriadia announced that Infantino had been re-elected today as President of FIFA unopposed. The meeting was then postponed until Wednesday, when the decision was made.