The organizing committee for AFCON 2021 met on Thursday in Cameroon to decide on the game between Mali and Tunisia which saw Mali emerge as winners.
While the game restarted on Wednesday after Sikazwe prematurely ended it after 85 minutes, he then blew full time at 89 minutes and 47 seconds with about 3 minutes of expected injury time.
30 minutes later, the officials tried to complete the remaining minutes in Limbe, Cameroon on Wednesday. But the Tunisian side refused to return to the park, with the coach saying his players were already in their ice baths by then.
“After examining the protest of Tunisia and all the match official’s report, the organizing committee decided … to dismiss the protest lodged by the Tunisian team. To homologate the match result as 1-0 in favor of Mali,” the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a statement.
Ewurama Acheampoma