After a very close match, the local football team of Senegal won its first African Nations Championship (CHAN) by beating Algeria on penalties (5-4 tab) on Saturday.

Senegalese football is starting the year 2023 as it started the year 2022. Two days before the celebration of the first anniversary of the first victory in the CAN, the local Lions brought back from Algeria a trophy to make the party even more beautiful. Pape Thiaw’s men did (almost) the same as Aliou Cissé’s by winning the first CHAN in the history of Senegalese football.

Senegal won the CHAN on penalties following a closed final (0-0, 4-5). Thanks to Pape Diallo, who made it difficult for the Algerian defense, the Lions of Teranga were a little more tenacious than the Fennecs.

The match was not particularly exciting, aside from a few minor chances. The goalkeepers were remarkably silent, and the numerous technical flaws rendered this game’s conclusion dull.

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The two teams were separated by a score of 0 to 1 after 120 minutes of play, but the Senegalese were able to focus during the penalty shootout, giving the victory to their fans who had filled the Nelson-Mandela Stadium in Baraki, in the southern suburbs of Algiers, the capital of Algeria.

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to cancel the games of Morocco, which was unable to make the trip, in the framework of the African Nations Championship “CHAN” Total Energies Algeria 2022

In a statement published on its official website, Thursday, January 19, CAF announced a change in the schedule of Group C of the CHAN ”

It specifies that “in accordance with the resolution of the Organizing Committee for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) TotalEnergies Algeria 2022, the schedule of Group C has been updated as follows:

• Match 13 “Morocco vs Madagascar” is cancelled.
• The match 21 “Ghana vs Morocco” is cancelled.
• The match 22 “Sudan vs Madagascar” initially scheduled in Oran, will now be played in Constantine.

“The Organizing Committee has decided, in accordance with the Rules of the Competition, that Group C will be composed of three teams and that the first two teams will qualify for the knockout phase, “adds the statement.

This cancellation puts an end to the false information conveyed by the Algerian media which did not cease to evoke a withdrawal of Morocco from the competition, even calling for sanctions against the country.

Pushing the ridiculous to its maximum, the Algerian committee in charge of the organization even went as far as to align the opposing team, whistle the beginning of the match, and declare the forfeiture of Morocco, inflicting a defeat on green carpet (3-0).

This scenario, set up against Sudan, was to be repeated against Ghana and Madagascar, to try until the very last minute to make people believe that the Moroccan national team has withdrawn from the competition, and not prevented from participating for purely political considerations.

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Now, it’s a done deal. Morocco will not take part in the African Championship for home-grown athletes (CHAN 2023) that will take place in Algeria from January 13 to February 4. The federal organization posted a press release on its website on Thursday, making the decision official.

The Moroccan national football team is unable to travel to Constantine, Algeria, to compete in the 7th edition of the African Championship of Nations of Football, which will be held there from January 13 to February 4, 2023 (CHAN 2002), and defend its title because the flight of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the team’s official air carrier, from Rabat to Constantine has not yet received official authorization.

Following its request for authorization of a RAM flight from Rabat to Constantine, the FRMF was informed on December 22, 2022 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as the body in charge of the organization of the CHAN 2022, that an authorization in principle had been obtained.

Based on this preliminary approval, the FRMF shared the Moroccan Selection’s flight details and coordinates in order to secure the final approval of the RAM flight from Rabat to Constantine. The Moroccan Selection’s participation in the CHAN 2022 was also continued, including the preparation training course that will take place at the Mohammed VI Complex of Football in Salé from January 6 to January 10, 2023.

While the FRMF is in charge of organizing the Moroccan Selection’s trip from Rabat to Constantine and the start of the CHAN 2022 is set for January 13, 2023, or in less than 24 hours, the FRMF regrets that the CAF has not yet officially authorized the RAM flight from Rabat to Constantine.

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