How Morocco snatched Senegal's AFCON crown - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
It has been like the longest VAR ruling in history… the match finished two months ago, the Africa Cup of Nations trophy was presented, the considerable celebrations and recriminations were complete.
And then, just as some last-16 Champions League fixtures were finishing on Tuesday night, a communication dropped from CAF.
Senegal had actually forfeited the match by staging their now infamous walk-off and Morocco are AFCON champions via a technicality.
But why has this taken so long? Can you really strip a country of a title? And what happens next?
Former Sierra Leone captain Steven Caulker and Co Host of the ‘On The Whistle’ podcast, Zayn Naabi both join Gabby and Mark.
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| 0:35.6 | It's been like the longest VAL ruling in history. The match finished |
| 0:38.4 | two months ago and the Africa Cup of Nations trophy has been presented. The celebrations and |
| 0:44.5 | recriminations were all complete. Or so we thought. Then just as some last 16 Champions League |
| 0:50.3 | fixtures were finishing on Tuesday night, a communication dropped from the Confederation of African football, CAF. |
| 0:56.2 | So what they said, basically, Senegal had actually forfeited the match by staging their walk-off and the subsequent chaotic drama that we all saw unfold never happened. |
| 1:05.1 | But why has this taken so long? Can you really strip a country of a title and what happens next? |
| 1:09.6 | Former Sierra Leone Captain Stephen Colker and co-host of the On the Whistle podcast, Zane Nabi, will join us. |
| 1:15.2 | Welcome to The Sports Agents. |
| 1:28.6 | Zane, should we... The Sports Agents with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman. |
| 1:39.1 | Zane, should we just start with you and explain where we are at and why we are at where we're at? |
| 1:44.5 | We're sitting in a situation which is an absolute farce for African football, more so for the Confederation of African football, and of course Morocco, and to lesser extent, Stenegal. |
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