With the withdrawal of Côte d’Ivoire, CAF has appointed Egypt as the new host country of the African Cup under 20. The African football Confederation has also decided to include Tunisia to replace Côte d’Ivoire. A decision that is not to the taste of the Senegalese football federation, which seized the body of African football.
The CAF proceeded to the CAN U20 draw this Sunday. Senegal is housed in group C with the DR Congo, Ghana and the Central African Republic. According to Nazim journalist Bessol, author of the article on Footafrique, reported by Wiwsport, the Senegalese Football Federation challenged the decision to replace Côte d’Ivoire with Tunisia, both in substance and in form.
“We have returned to us that steps are carried out within the CAF to involve this competition a country (Tunisia) which has not qualified either on the field in zonal preliminary competition, or by its status as an organizing country”, wrote the FSF.
Regarding the draft of Tunisia, the Senegalese Football Federation denounces a “A blatant violation of the statutes and regulations of our Confederation, as well as the sacrosanct principles which govern competitions: ethics and sports equity, equality between all associations”.
The secretary general of the FSF reminded the boss of the CAF administration, Véron Mosengo-Momba, that“Such a decision would break equality with the other unskilled national teams, but above all would greatly lese the teams who have sportively and legitimately won the right of participation in this CAN, in the event that the country concerned takes one of the qualifying places at the next FIFA U-20 World Cup, or even wins the continental trophy” inform the source.
