Mali’s 1-0 win over Tunisia at the 2021 Africa Cup of
Nations will stand, despite referee Janny Sikazwe causing controversy by twice
blowing the final whistle too early.
The AFCON’s organizing committee met on Thursday in Cameroon
to ratify Mali’s victory.
While the game restarted on Wednesday after Sikazwe
prematurely ended it after 85 minutes, he then blew full time when the game
reached 89 minutes and 47 seconds.
About three minutes of injury time had been expected.
About 30 minutes later, the officials tried to complete the
remaining minutes in Limbe, Cameroon on Wednesday.
But Tunisia refused to come back out to restart the match,
with the coach saying his players were already in their ice baths by then.
“After examining the protest of Tunisia and all the match
officials 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.
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