Mauritanian Ahmed Ould Yahya, the match observer for Wydad Sports and Tunisia’s Esperance, blew up in the final leg of the last version of the African Champions League competition during his testimony yesterday at the last session of the Sports Arbitration Court “Cup”, regarding the issue of the African Champions League final between Tunisian Esperance and Moroccan Wadad, After the Sports Arbitration Court decided to postpone deciding the appeal of the Moroccan club Wedad against both the Tunisian Esperance and the decision of the African Union Emergency Committee, after listening to all the witnesses who were called to give their testimony regarding the final issue of the African Champions League final between the Tunisian Esperance and the Moroccan Wadad in the last version 2019, Moroccan press reports revealed a surprisingly high-caliber surprise in his testimony Ahmed Ahmed, President of the African Football Confederation “K “in the Sports Arbitration Court” Cass“.
The site said “Le360” Al-Maghraby, the match observer confirmed during his testimony before the sports court that the “red” team did not withdraw from that match, which has come to be known as the “shame” final, according to the description of the Moroccan website, and Yahya admitted during his testimony before the International Arbitration Court that Wydad Athletic did not withdraw before the Tunisian Esperance. , Due to assisted video ruling technology, and that the reason for the cancellation of the meeting came at the request of Ahmed Ahmed, the head of the CAF.
For its part, the Moroccan newspaper “Al-Mukhtab” said that after deliberating the Wedad case, it is likely that the final decision will be issued by the sports court next Monday or Tuesday as a maximum estimate to see all the testimonies presented in the Wedad file..
It was a site le360 Al-Maghrabi confirmed that Ahmed Ahmed said in his testimony before the Sports Arbitration Court, that he had been threatened by officials of Tunisian Esperance in order to crown the latter with the African Champions League title and that taking another decision otherwise, would cause the Tunisian fans to revolution in the stadium..
The referee of the match, Bakari Jassama, also testified, and stressed that Wedad did not withdraw from the match, and that the Moroccan team players asked him to return to the video technique “Far”, to verify the validity of the goal scored by Walid Karti before he was surprised by the failure of the device.
Konstan Umaroy, Vice President of CAF and President of the Congolese Federation, also gave his testimony, and stressed that Esperance is accustomed to these practices at his stadium and that Ahmed Ahmed was threatened.
Esperance was crowned champion of the African Champions League competition after controversial arbitration decisions, after which Al-Wedad refused to complete the match, and Al-Wedad resorted to the appeal, given that the law of the game gives him the right to appeal the ruling issued by the African Football Confederation Committee.
The match witnessed controversial arbitration decisions, after which Wydad refused to complete the match. The match between Esperance and Wydad at “Rades” stalled in the minute (61) to demand that the players of Wydad return to video technology to verify the validity of a goal scored by Walid Al-Karti and the referee canceled for offside, when the result was (1-0) in favor of Esperance.
75 minutes after the match was interrupted, Gambian referee Bakary Jasama gave the final whistle, considering Wydad to be withdrawn and declaring Esperance to win the title for the second consecutive season.
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