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The African Court of Arbitration (CAS) Wednesday canceled the decision of the African Football Confederation (CAF) to return to the final of the African Champions League between Wydad Casablanca and Esperance.
The court said it would continue to consider the claims of the Esperance sports team while rejecting Wydad Casablanca's demands.
The CAAS also examined the final file of the competent bodies of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) taking into account the fate of the final.
The sports field will make its final decision on the requests of the Tunisian team later.
The African Union had already decided to resume the final of the African Champions League final outside of Tunisia after the Africa Cup of Nations organized by Egypt.
Wydad Casablanca has withdrawn from the last home game and left the Rades stadium after a dispute over the VAR technology that was not working.
The match was suspended nearly 60 minutes after the Wydad demonstration aimed at canceling a fair goal, thanks to Algerian Algerian Youssef Balaili and asking his players to refer to the video technology, which is sure to make a difference. is inappropriate.
The break lasted about 90 minutes, a brief conflagration occurred between the players, the playground with bottles of water and amateurs and the President of the European Union, Ahmed Ahmed, has spoken with the officials of both clubs before deciding to end the match and the success of Esperance after the 1-1 draw.
However, in early June, after the emergency meeting of its executive committee in Paris, the Continental Union came back to the decision to calculate Esperance as a winner and decided to send the return match to neutral ground.
The decision to revive the critics raised the Tunisian and Moroccan faces and claimed each of them as the winner.
The case was referred to the sports arbitration court, which said it would render its verdict by 31 July.
Following the final of the Champions League this season, the CAF Executive Committee decided, at its last meeting in Cairo, to change the competition system and the FA Cup by replacing the two matches of the final round. by a last game on a neutral ground from next season.
The court on Wednesday ruled that the Continental Union of Gaming Executive Committee was not "competent" to make this decision, noting that "the relevant organs of the African Union" should consider the events who accompanied the return match and take the appropriate disciplinary action, if any, whether to return the match or not. "
This means either that the African Union penalizes one of the clubs and declares a loser in the match to settle the fate of the final, or resorts internally to the competent authority to decide the return of the match.
The court confirmed that the demands of the Moroccan club (calling it a hero and receiving a financial reward of $ 2.5 million) had been rejected, while requests for Hope (declaration of the hero, reward and medal) would be examined later.
"The Court of Arbitration found that the Executive Committee of the African Union (AU) had considered an issue that was not its responsibility" without considering all possible options, said the Secretary-General of the African Union. Court, Matthew Repp. "The court has sent the case back to the African Union to try to reorganize things," he said.
Esperance has published an explanation in its official account on Facebook that the decision of the sports court "means the return of things before the decision taken by the executive bureau in Paris, the French capital. decision is that Hope is the Tunisian champion of Africa in 2019. "
"The rejection of this decision by the International Sport Tribunal implies not to examine the content of the file mainly, which is why the case was referred to the competent and competent committee within the African Union to decide on the case. 39; case ".
"The International Sports Tribunal has rejected all applications submitted by the Wydad team in exchange for considering the applications for Hope and their decision as soon as possible during the closing session because the record is still under review by the International Sport Tribunal. "
"The record is in the hands of the African Union, which will be decided," Said President Naseiri told AFP. The decision is his. "
A new episode in the final of the Champions League, but the conclusion is still far.
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