The CAF Appeal Committee settles the controversy over the identity of the African champion

CAIRO (Reuters) – The African Football Confederation (CAF) appeal committee has settled the controversy surrounding the identity of the African Champions League champion after considering the challenge of Morocco's Wydad Casablanca. during the final several months.

The Appeals Committee upheld the decision of the CAF Disciplinary Committee to declare the club hopeful champion of the African Champions League. The committee decided to accept the challenge of Wydad Casablanca in terms of form and rejection as to substance and origin.

The appeal committee's decision confirmed Wydad's withdrawal from the field and Esperance's victory in the match and the title of the African Champions League in order to prove to the Confederation of the Union. African to win the title of Esperance, which means his participation in the World Cup of Clubs.

The CAF Disciplinary Committee announced last September 8 that Esperance would be crowned champion of the 2019 edition of the African Champions League, given the defeat of Wydad to withdraw from the finals , with penalties imposed on both teams, a decision appealed by the Moroccan team. .

Wydad Casablanca had left the Radès stadium after a dispute over video-assisted "VAR" technology.

The match was interrupted about 60 minutes after the WAC protested against the cancellation of a goal on the part of Esperance in the first period thanks to Algerian Youssef Biliili and the The obligation for his players to return to the video technique, which proved to be unprepared.

The stop lasted about 90 minutes, gave rise to brief friction between the players and caused the departure of the field with bottles of water, then the departure of the president of the Confederation of Ahmed Ahmed to consult the officials of the two clubs before making the decision to end the match and win the Esperance title after a 1-1 draw.

In early June, after an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee in Paris, the Confederation returned from the decision to win the Esperance and decided to return the return match in neutral ground.

After the CAF decision, the two teams appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to ask for compensation, and asked each of them to give it the African title, before the court decided to cancel the decision "CAF", but the CAF finally crowned Hope.