By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Former Aston Villa midfielder Nigel-Reo Coker has blasted the Confederation of African Football, CAF, for awarding the AFCON 2025 title to Morocco.
The CAF’s appeal committee awarded the game to Morocco after deliberating on the hosts’ petition.
Senegal was declared to have forfeited the AFCON final against Morocco, and as such, the result of the match was recorded as 3–0 in favour of the host nation
Coker said the verdict by CAF is embarrassing.
“CAF is an embarrassment. I’m of African heritage, and I know about the Cup of Nations. I watched it as a kid growing up, and I know players who have played in it, World Class players,” the CBS Sports Golazo pundit said.
“There’s always a stigma about Africa, and it’s football. We’ve had conversations about AFCON not being taken seriously for many years.
“It’s a tournament that seems to be a thorn in the flesh for European managers who have made comments about the competition being a burden for them.
“It’s another reason why people will look down on this tournament and have a stigma attached to it. There’s not one Morocco player, past or present, who would want to win in this manner.
“None of them will look in the mirror and be happy about being handed that.
CAF have embarrased themselves again in front of the world, and allows other footballing federations to laugh at Africa as a continent because of how this whole situation has been handled.”
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