{"id":14652,"date":"2026-01-10T06:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/14652\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:18:33","slug":"%f0%9f%98%b1-drama-at-the-africa-cup-referee-switched-after-morocco-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/14652\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude31 Drama at the Africa Cup, referee switched after Morocco request"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big trouble in the Africa Cup! The Moroccan Federation requested a change of referee for their match against Cameroon and the CAF has granted it!<\/p>\n

To put it in context, the Africa Cup is being held in Morocco, the home of the big favorite, and there is a lot of pressure on Walid Regragui’s men. It’s a historic opportunity to win the title with perhaps the best generation in the country’s history?<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcf8 GABRIEL BOUYS – AFP or licensors<\/p>\n

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Well, with that atmosphere surrounding the competition, there is a lot of indignation in the Cameroonian team, so much so that they are going to file an appeal.<\/p>\n

All this indignation, according to ‘L’Equipe’, is due to the fact that the CAF (Confederation of African Football) had appointed Amin Mohamed Omar, an Egyptian referee, for the Morocco-Cameroon match, but later changed him to Dahane Beida, a Mauritanian referee.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcf8 GABRIEL BOUYS – AFP or licensors<\/p>\n

And ‘Sportnewsafrica’ reports that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation was irritated by the initial choice.<\/p>\n

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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