The Tunisians, who were tipped as one of the strongest sides at the 2015 African Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea by football analysts, went home early and unhappy with a last minute penalty decision by Mauritian referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn. It was reported that they damaged some items in the dressing room.
Equatorial Guinea ended up winning the game 2-1 in the extra time, following a dubious decision that was taken by the controversial referee.
Tunisia were fined $50 000 and the referee, who badly handled the game between the two mentioned nations, was sent home instantly and delisted from CAF’s “A” referees panel for six months.
CAF also ordered Tunisia to pay the cost of damages they caused at Estadio de Bata, and to sent a letter of apology for “insinuations of bias and lack of ethics against CAF and its officials, or to present irrefutable evidence to substantiate the accusations” before midnight on Thursday.
Equatorial Guinea ended up winning the game 2-1 in the extra time, following a dubious decision that was taken by the controversial referee.
Tunisia were fined $50 000 and the referee, who badly handled the game between the two mentioned nations, was sent home instantly and delisted from CAF’s “A” referees panel for six months.
CAF also ordered Tunisia to pay the cost of damages they caused at Estadio de Bata, and to sent a letter of apology for “insinuations of bias and lack of ethics against CAF and its officials, or to present irrefutable evidence to substantiate the accusations” before midnight on Thursday.
However, Tunisia rejected this after a meeting after the federation’s executive committee in Tunis.
“Our investigation into the affair and the opinion of the neutrals is that we suffered scandalous injustice from referees, not only in the match against Equatorial Guinea but right from the start of the tournament. We will explain all of this to CAF at a meeting,” TFF committee member Hichem Ben Omrane was quoted as saying.
“Our investigation into the affair and the opinion of the neutrals is that we suffered scandalous injustice from referees, not only in the match against Equatorial Guinea but right from the start of the tournament. We will explain all of this to CAF at a meeting,” TFF committee member Hichem Ben Omrane was quoted as saying.
By: Farai Diza
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