The CAF Enchantment Board’s resolution to overturn Senegal’s 1–0 extra-time victory rests on a strict interpretation of Articles 82 and 84 of the AFCON Laws.

The board dominated that by leaving the pitch for quarter-hour in protest of a late penalty in the course of the ultimate in Rabat, the Senegalese staff technically “forfeited” the match. Whereas the preliminary Disciplinary Board had opted for fines whereas sustaining the sporting consequence, the Enchantment Board—appearing on a protest from the Royal Moroccan Soccer Federation (FRMF)—put aside that call.

This creates an enormous authorized precedent: within the eyes of CAF, a short lived walk-off now carries the identical weight as a everlasting refusal to play, no matter whether or not the match is ultimately accomplished.