Months after the controversial 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final, new revelations continue to emerge, uncovering the tumultuous events leading up to and during the match. Allegations of non-compliance by the Senegalese team, strategic tensions, and a dramatic protest on the pitch have culminated in a contentious ruling by CAF's Appeals Committee, setting the stage for a decisive showdown at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Amid the ongoing national strike by adouls, claims circulating on social media that fees have been raised to «3,500 dirhams» have sparked widespread controversy. However, professionals were quick to dismiss these allegations as baseless, viewing them as an attempt to divert attention from their protest over the draft law regulating the profession and to frame the issue as a conflict between adouls and citizens.
On March 17, 2026, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) made a resounding decision by stripping Senegal of its African champion title and awarding it to Morocco by default. However, many Senegalese, including the former president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), have criticized the jury's composition, the quorum, and the incompatibility of one of its members, calling into question the legitimacy of this decision. Let's break it down to separate fact from fiction.
A controversial video has reignited a myth surrounding a 1976 Morocco-Guinea match, fueled by websites of questionable credibility and amplified by social media. Yet, there is no trace in the archives of this alleged withdrawal of the Moroccan team, revealing an opportunistic rewriting of history linked to recent tensions surrounding the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
CAF declared Morocco African champions two months after the tournament, following Senegal’s infamous pitch walk-off, an unprecedented decision. Experts see it as both a delayed enforcement of the rules and a move to deter similar incidents.
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