{"id":134384,"date":"2022-01-14T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=134384"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:46:56","slug":"afcon-2021-caf-dismisses-tunisias-appeal-against-controversial-mali-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/afcon-2021-caf-dismisses-tunisias-appeal-against-controversial-mali-game\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2021: CAF dismisses Tunisia&#8217;s appeal against controversial Mali game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Organising Committee of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has dismissed the Tunisian football federation\u2019s protest on the officiating of their team\u2019s match with their Malian counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>The committee met late Thursday to deliberate on the Group F match played on Wednesday which had ended 1-0 in favour of the Malians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter examining the protest of Tunisia and all the match officials\u2019 reports, the Committee decided to dismiss the protest lodged by the Tunisian team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt also decided that the match result will stand as 1-0 in favour of Mali,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/afcon-champions-to-earn-5m-as-caf-raises-prize-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAF<\/a> said in a short statement late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe had stirred controversy during the match with some inexplicable decisions.<\/p>\n<p>He had twice ended the match before the stipulated time, leading to comical scenes after the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Organising Committee of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has dismissed the Tunisian football federation\u2019s protest on the officiating of their team\u2019s match with their Malian counterparts. 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