Everything seemed to be over after the second final whistle: goalkeeper Ibrahim Bosso Mounkoro received an award as “Player of the Game” after the alleged 1-0 victory of his team, and Mali’s coach was at the press conference. But that was suddenly interrupted, the game should be restarted.
Mali and the referee on the field again – but Tunisia did not come
Mali’s players and the referee came back on the field. Tunisia, however, no longer played, the third and final whistle took place in the absence of the Tunisian team.
“We wanted to make up for the remaining minutes, but Tunisia didn’t want to continue“said Mali’s coach Mohamed Magassouba. Mondher Kebaier, Tunisia coach, said:”The referee whistled after 85 minutes and 89 minutes, he took our concentration away. We didn’t want to go on because the players had already showered, were depleted and demoralized by the horror.“
Referee Sikazwe is at the Africa Cup for the fifth time. Even with the WM In 2018 he directed games. Sikazwe was suspended in November 2018 after a game in the African Champions League on “suspicion of corruption”. Due to a lack of evidence, the ban was lifted again.
Three times the false hymn of Mauritania
The second game in Group F between Mauritania and Gambia (0: 1) in Limbe did not go according to plan: In three attempts, the old Mauritanian anthem, which had been valid for four years, was played. The Mauritanian players looked confused, some shook their heads. Ablie Jallow scored the winning goal for Gambia in the 10th minute.
In the evening, the match between Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast in Group E marks the end of the first group match day.
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Status: 12.01.2022, 8:02 p.m.