Senegal's national football team player, Dressa Goue, sharply criticized the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after his national team was sensationally deprived of the title in winning the African Cup of Nations (CAN).
The 36-year-old head of the English Everton called the super-fair decision of the appeal committee, which awarded the championship to Morocco, absolute absurdity. Last year, the CAF appeal committee took an unprecedented step, canceling Senegal's victory over Morocco (1:0 at the end of the day) in the CAN finals.
The reason was the protest of the Senegalese players: the stinks deprived the field, not responding to the super-fair penalties, which were assigned an hour of compensation for the Moroccans’ harm. CAF officials assessed the action as a great success for the group and awarded Senegal a technical penalty with a score of 0:3, de facto handing over the crown to Morocco.
The Ceremony cried out in a storm of storms in Dakar. Guy, who played 128 matches for his national team, stated that football merits are always due more to your mother than to administrative decisions.
" We won the match on the field, and not in the offices, and as a Senegalese footballer, I simply write about what we earned. We deserve this trophy. We fought on the field, everyone knows what happened. I think if we played this match 10 times, we would have won this match 10 times. We need medals and cups, and even the most important ones are on the field, and not those written on the paper. We prevailed on the field, and no one can change anyone,” said the senior.
Despite losing the trophy, Gaia was concerned that such scandalous precedents exist in the world reputation of African football. He said that Africa does not deserve anything like this, and even now CAN is actively competing with the Euro and the America's Cup.
At the moment, the midfielder is confident that the situation has not immediately affected the fraternity between football players from both countries. In his words, his Everton teammate, the Moroccan Adam Aznou, just laugh at this situation, and this scandal will not stop him from hating the Moroccan people.
While the legal battle for the title is ongoing (Senegal plans to file a formal appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport - CAS), the team is preparing for the selection matches for the 2026 Emergency. During the international break, Levi Teranga will hold matches against Peru and Gambia.